rumpled Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb disturb the smoothness of
    mess up; ruffle up; ruffle; rumple.
    • ruffle the surface of the water
  2. verb to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
    knit; rumple; pucker; crumple; cockle.
    • She puckered her lips
  3. verb become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
    crinkle; rumple; crumple; wrinkle; crease.
    • This fabric won't wrinkle
  4. adjective satellite in disarray; extremely disorderly
    tousled; frowzled; dishevelled; disheveled.
    • her clothing was disheveled
    • powder-smeared and frowzled
    • a rumpled unmade bed
    • a bed with tousled sheets
    • his brown hair was tousled, thick, and curly"- Al Spiers

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