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rumpled

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of rumpled

lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness
  • a rumpled room that suited its teenage occupant just fine
Synonyms of rumpled

chaotic, cluttered, confused, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled (or dishevelled), disordered, disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, littered, messed, messy, muddled, mussed, mussy, pell-mell, sloppy, topsy-turvy, tousled, tumbled, unkempt, untidy, upside-down
Words Related to rumpled

bedraggled, befouled, begrimed, bemired, besmirched, blackened, cruddy, dingy, dirty, draggled, filthy, foul, grimy, grotty [chiefly British], grubby, grungy, mucky, nasty, smudged, soiled, spotted, squalid, stained, sullied, unclean, uncleanly

dowdy, frowsy (or frowzy), shaggy, slatternly, sloven, slovenly, uncombed

wrinkled

adulterated, contaminated, defiled, polluted, tainted

knotted, snarled, tangled

seedy, shabby, sleazy, sordid

neglected, neglectful, negligent
Phrases Synonymous with rumpled

at sixes and sevens, out of joint
Near Antonyms of rumpled

antiseptic, clean, cleaned, cleanly, hygienic, immaculate, sparkling, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), spotless, stainless, unsoiled, unsullied

methodical (also methodic), regular, systematic, systematized

careful, fastidious, finicky, fussy, meticulous

combed, groomed, manicured, well-groomed

taintless, undefiled, unpolluted, untainted, wholesome
Antonyms of rumpled

bandbox, crisp, kempt, neat, neatened, ordered, orderly, organized, shipshape, snug, tidied, tidy, trim, uncluttered, well-ordered

rumpled

verb , past tense of rumple

Synonyms and Antonyms of rumpled

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 rumpled

crinkled, crumpled, scrunched, wrinkled
Words Related to rumpled

corrugated, creased, crimped, folded, pleated, puckered, rucked

crisped, rippled, ruffled

contracted, furrowed, knit (or knitted)

messed (up), mussed (up)
Near Antonyms of rumpled

evened, ironed, pressed, straightened

unfolded

neatened, tidied
Antonyms of rumpled

flattened, ironed out, smoothed, smoothened, uncrumpled
2 to develop creases or folds
  • the linen skirt rumpled as soon as she started wearing it
Synonyms of rumpled

creased, crinkled, furrowed, wrinkled
Words Related to rumpled

collapsed, crumpled, doubled, folded
3 to undo the proper order or arrangement of
  • the aunt would invariably rumple the little boy's hair whenever she came to visit
Synonyms of rumpled

confused, deranged, disarranged, disarrayed, discomposed, disheveled (or dishevelled), disjointed, dislocated, disordered, disorganized, disrupted, disturbed, hashed, jumbled, messed (up), mixed (up), muddled, mussed, scrambled, shuffled, tousled, tumbled, upset
Words Related to rumpled

embroiled, entangled, snarled, tangled

agitated, perturbed, stirred (up), unsettled

cluttered
Near Antonyms of rumpled

aligned (also alined), lined, lined up, queued

classified, codified, methodized, systematized, systemized

adjusted, fixed

groomed, made up, spruced (up)

unscrambled
Antonyms of rumpled

arranged, arrayed, disposed, drew up, marshaled (or marshalled), ordered, organized, ranged, regulated, straightened (up), tidied

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