rumpled : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rumpled	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for rumpled
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rumpled adj in disarray; extremely disorderly; "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 Synonym(s): disheveled, dishevelled, frowzled, rumpled, tousled
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rumple \Rum"ple\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Rumpled} p. pr. & vb. n. {Rumpling}.] [Cf. rimple, and D. rimpelen to wrinkle, rompelig rough, uneven, G. r[81]mpfen to wrinkle, MHG. r[81]mphen, OHG. rimpfan, Gr. "ra`mfos the crooked beak of birds of prey, [?] to roam.] To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat. They would not give a dog's ear of their most rumpled and ragged Scotch paper for twenty of your fairest assignats. --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rumpled \Rum"pled\, a. Wrinkled; crumpled. --Pope.