Synonyms of rumple

rumple

verb

1

as in to crumple

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

the guest rumpled the antique bedspread by lying down on it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crumple
• scrunch
• wrinkle
• fold
• crinkle
• crease
• ruffle
• pucker
• ripple
• crisp
• furrow
• knit
• crimp
• corrugate
• pleat
• ruck
• muss (up)
• contract
• mess (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flatten
• smooth
• straighten
• iron out
• iron
• press
• even
• uncrumple
• unfold
• smoothen
• tidy
• neaten

2

as in to wrinkle

to develop creases or folds

the linen skirt rumpled as soon as she started wearing it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wrinkle
• furrow
• crease
• fold
• crumple
• crinkle
• double
• collapse

3

as in to disrupt

to undo the proper order or arrangement of

the aunt would invariably rumple the little boy's hair whenever she came to visit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disrupt
• shuffle
• disturb
• confuse
• muss
• disarrange
• disorganize
• disarray
• upset
• jumble
• dishevel
• muddle
• tousle
• tumble
• scramble
• dislocate
• derange
• disorder
• mix (up)
• tangle
• hash
• snarl
• discompose
• disjoint
• embroil
• unsettle
• mess (up)
• stir (up)
• perturb
• entangle
• clutter
• agitate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• organize
• dispose
• arrange
• regulate
• order
• array
• marshall
• draw up
• marshal
• straighten (up)
• tidy
• range
• line
• align
• line up
• adjust
• classify
• make up
• aline
• codify
• queue
• fix
• systematize
• groom
• spruce (up)
• methodize
• systemize
• unscramble

Examples of rumple in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For in-person meetings, disorganization looks like this: Carrying too much, shuffling papers, reaching into your bag repeatedly for various things, or looking rumpled like a television detective. —Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 27 Jan. 2024

Soon after, Trump walked into the lobby, slightly rumpled, in a long black coat and a white shirt with a few buttons undone. —Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024

Hunt Broken Country The best winter range is often rumpled badlands adjacent to hay and grainfields. —Outdoor Life, 19 Nov. 2019

On one of the double beds, the rust-orange spread is rumpled; outside the door to the bathroom, there is water in the sink. —Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023