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rumple

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of rumple

1 to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in

  • the guest rumpled the antique bedspread by lying down on it
Synonyms of rumple

crinkle, crumple, scrunch, wrinkle
Words Related to rumple

corrugate, crease, crimp, fold, pleat, pucker, ruck

crisp, ripple, ruffle

contract, furrow, knit

mess (up), muss (up)
Near Antonyms of rumple

even, iron, press, straighten

unfold

neaten, tidy
Antonyms of rumple

flatten, iron out, smooth, smoothen, uncrumple

2 to develop creases or folds

  • the linen skirt rumpled as soon as she started wearing it
Synonyms of rumple

crease, crinkle, furrow, wrinkle
Words Related to rumple

collapse, crumple, double, fold

3 to undo the proper order or arrangement of

  • the aunt would invariably rumple the little boyʼs hair whenever she came to visit
Synonyms of rumple

confuse, derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, disjoint, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, hash, jumble, mess (up), mix (up), muddle, muss, scramble, shuffle, tousle, tumble, upset
Words Related to rumple

embroil, entangle, snarl, tangle

agitate, perturb, stir (up), unsettle

clutter
Near Antonyms of rumple

align (also aline), line, line up, queue

classify, codify, methodize, systematize, systemize

adjust, fix

groom, make up, spruce (up)

unscramble
Antonyms of rumple

arrange, array, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, range, regulate, straighten (up), tidy

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