rumple
verb
[ ˈrʌmp(ə)l ]
• give a creased, ruffled, or dishevelled appearance to.
• "the girl rumpled his thin streaky hair"
Similar:
crumple,
crease,
wrinkle,
tumble,
crush,
crinkle,
ruck,
ruck up,
scrunch up,
disorder,
ruckle,
ruffle,
disarrange,
tousle,
dishevel,
run one's fingers through,
riffle,
make untidy,
mess up,
make a mess of,
muss,
muss up,
Opposite:
smooth (out),
smooth,
rumple
noun
• an untidy state.
• "she left her clothes in a rumple on the floor"
Origin:
early 16th century (as a noun in the sense ‘wrinkle’): from Middle Dutch rompel .
