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Meanings of rumple in anglès

portuguès
amassar
català
arrugar-se

To gather something into small wrinkles or folds.

        arrugar-se
        portuguès
        amassar

        Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased.

              amassar
              català
              despentinar
              espanyol
              arrugar

              Disturb the smoothness of.

                    despentinar
                    Synonyms
                    Examples for "ruffle"
                    Examples for "ruffle"
                    1
                    I was startled; Olympos was usually impossible to shock or even ruffle.
                    The Memoirs of Cleopatra
                    2
                    He could see the dull ruffle of the water under the wind.
                    Greenmantle
                    3
                    Such endeavours appeared to ruffle Belvedere, and certainly disrupted any game plan.
                    The Irish Times
                    4
                    The second photograph shows a Galliano ruffle dress hanging on a stand.
                    The new yorker
                    5
                    His tempers were the ruffle of a passing breeze upon deep water.
                    Montlivet
                    1
                    Your skirts will ruffle up around you and help to keep you warm.
                    Ruth Fielding at the War Front; or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldie...
                    2
                    Now, don't ruffle up so, my love.
                    Four dukes and a devil
                    3
                    Do not ruffle up thy feathers like a pigeon that has got bread-crumbs when he looked for corn!
                    A Forgotten Hero / Not for Him
                    4
                    His low, direct tone and intent gaze made her uncomfortable, made her nerves ruffle up in a most irritating manner.
                    Stubble
                    5
                    The camp bullies and prime trappers of the party began to ruffle up, and to brag, in turn, of their perils and achievements.
                    The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mou...
                    1
                    If I mess up, I have to lead by example and go.
                    The Irish Times
                    2
                    They mess up budgets, and the HSE must live within its budget.
                    The Irish Times
                    3
                    The last thing you want to do is mess up that moment.
                    News.com.au
                    4
                    I just don't want anything to happen to mess up this sale.
                    Wings
                    5
                    What if I do bad?' I was really afraid to mess up.
                    Reuters
                    Usage of rumple in anglès
                    1
                    This was perhaps because she disliked to rumple her beautifully starched skirts.
                    Dickey Downy: The Autobiography of a Bird
                    2
                    She turned to rumple the smooth light thatch of his hair.
                    Americans All / Stories of American Life of To-Day
                    3
                    His outfit was a color-clashing, coffee-stained rumple that stank of cigarettes and sweat.
                    Bones Never Lie
                    4
                    Besides, children are sticky little creatures who babble and cling and rumple clothing.
                    Daughters of the Nile
                    5
                    Perhaps Clara had been afraid Peggy would rumple her dress.
                    Peggy in Her Blue Frock
                    6
                    So she continued to playfully rumple his hair and kept her thoughts to herself.
                    North of Fifty-Three
                    7
                    Besides, children rumple and spoil my dress, and she looked down at herself approvingly.
                    A Day of Fate
                    8
                    Now Chloris laughed, and quittedherqueerembroidery in order to rumple up his hair.
                    Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice
                    9
                    Ye shall not rumple thus my shift so white.
                    The Nibelungenlied
                    10
                    I like dancing very much better with girls, for they never squeeze and rumple one.
                    Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor
                    11
                    He allowed the man to stroke his head and rumple the thick fur on his back.
                    Quill's Window
                    12
                    She was afraid to refold the dress, almost afraid to touch it, lest she rumple it.
                    The Purple Heights
                    13
                    It is, perhaps, more difficult to rumple up a bed than to put it in order again.
                    The Mystery of Orcival
                    14
                    Then he began to tear away his beautiful necktie and to recklessly rumple his gorgeous shirt front.
                    Frank Merriwell's Reward
                    15
                    I won't let you; you'd rumple me.
                    Droll Stories — Volume 3
                    16
                    Madame-(hastily)-Notthere ,mydear, you will rumple my skirt.
                    Monsieur, Madame, and Bébé — Volume 02
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                    Translations for rumple
                    portuguès
                    amassar
                    Rumple through the time