rumple

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of RUMPLE

to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in <the guest rumpled the antique bedspread by lying down on it>

Synonyms crinkle, rumple, scrunch, wrinkle

Related Words corrugate, crease, crimp, fold, pleat, pucker, ruck; crisp, ripple, ruffle; contract, furrow, knit; mess (up), muss (up)

Near Antonyms even, iron, press, straighten; unfold; neaten, tidy

Antonyms flatten, iron out, smooth, smoothen, uncrumple

to develop creases or folds <the linen skirt rumpled as soon as she started wearing it>

Synonyms crease, crinkle, furrow, rumple

Related Words collapse, crumple, double, fold

to undo the proper order or arrangement of <the aunt would invariably rumple the little boy's hair whenever she came to visit>

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

Related Words embroil, entangle, snarl, tangle; agitate, perturb, stir (up), unsettle; clutter

Near Antonyms align (also aline), line, line up, queue; classify, codify, methodize, systematize, systemize; adjust, fix; groom, make up, spruce (up); unscramble

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

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