rumple

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: rum=ple

CIDE DICTIONARY

rumple, v. t. & i. [Cf. rimple, and D. rimpelen to wrinkle, rompelig rough, uneven, G. rÜmpfen to wrinkle, MHG. rÜmphen, 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.  [1913 Webster]
"They would not give a dog's ear of their most rumpled and ragged Scotch paper for twenty of your fairest assignats."  [1913 Webster]

rumple, n. 

 A fold or plait; a wrinkle.  Dryden.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

rumple, v.tr. & intr. make or become creased or ruffled.

Derivative

rumply adj.

Etymology

obs. rumple (n.) f. MDu. rompel f. rompe wrinkle

THESAURUS

rumple

agitate, beat, beat up, bristle, churn, churn up, clutter, cocker, cockle, convulse, corrugate, corrugation, crankle, crease, crimp, crimple, crinkle, crumple, crush, derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disquiet, disturb, excite, ferment, flurry, fold, fret, furrow, knit, knot, litter, mess, mess up, misarrange, muss, muss up, paddle, perturb, perturbate, pucker, purse, ridge, rile, rimple, ripple, rivel, roil, roughen, ruck, ruckle, ruffle, scatter, screw, scrunch, set on edge, shake, shake up, shirr, stir, stir up, swirl, tousle, trouble, upset, whip, whip up, whisk, wimple, work up, wrinkle

ROGET THESAURUS

rumple

Disorder

VB be disorderly, ferment, play at cross-purposes, put out of order, derange, ravel, ruffle, rumple.

Derangement

VB derange, disarrange, misarrange, displace, misplace, mislay, discompose, disorder, deorganize, discombobulate, disorganize, embroil, unsettle, disturb, confuse, trouble, perturb, jumble, tumble, shuffle, randomize, huddle, muddle, toss, hustle, fumble, riot, bring into disorder, put into disorder, throw into disorder, muss, break the ranks, disconcert, convulse, break in upon, unhinge, dislocate, put out of joint, throw out of gear, turn topsy-turvy, bedevil, complicate, involve, perplex, confound, imbrangle, embrangle, tangle, entangle, ravel, tousle, towzle, dishevel, ruffle, rumple, litter, scatter, mix, rearrange.

Roughness

VB be rough, go against the grain, render-rough, roughen, ruffle, crisp, crumple, corrugate, set on edge, stroke the wrong way, rumple.

Fold

N fold, plicature, plait, pleat, ply, crease, tuck, gather, flexion, flexure, joint, elbow, double, doubling, duplicature, gather, wrinkle, rimple, crinkle, crankle, crumple, rumple, rivel, ruck, ruffle, dog's ear, corrugation, frounce, flounce, lapel, pucker, crow's feet, plication, folded, fluted, pleated.

VB fold, double, plicate, plait, crease, wrinkle, crinkle, crankle, curl, cockle up, cocker, rimple, rumple, flute, frizzle, frounce, rivel, twill, corrugate, ruffle, crimple, crumple, pucker, turn down, double down, down under, tuck, ruck, hem, gather.