rumple
verb (used with object)
to crumple or crush into wrinkles.
rumpled
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past participleof rumple.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof rumple.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
rumpleverb (used with object)to crumple or crush into wrinkles.
Example Sentences
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Beneath its casual, slightly rumpled appearance was a specific bit of flavor logic: salt, fat, sweetness, acidity, glutamates upon glutamates.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
In an Indian city, an unassuming, slightly rumpled comedian walks into the spotlight for the first time in months.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
In this case, I can’t see how ironing out a few wrinkles and covering a rumpled duvet with a digital bedspread materially misrepresents your home.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 3, 2026
It might have acquired a crack in that mighty windshield by then, a rumpled bumper, a dent in the door, mismatched mudders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
She reached out fondly and rumpled Billy’s hair, which didn’t need rumpling.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
