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Meanings of rumpled in English

In disarray; extremely disorderly.

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Usage of rumpled in English
1
Well, sir, it was a bit rumpled, certainly, when I came back.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
2
Still in her skirt and blouse from work, rumpled, hot, running late.
God's gift
3
Maybe left them heaped up on purpose, to improve their rumpled appearance.
Funland
4
His clothes were not badly rumpled; his patent-leather boots were scarcely scratched.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm / His Plight and other Plights
5
Shirts and slacks, all were rumpled and worn after years of storage.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
6
Laurel snapped all the way awake and squinted at her rumpled textbook.
Wings
7
Somehow Corbyn looks smaller and more permanently rumpled than he actually is.
The Guardian
8
The saloon-keeper moved to a chair and picked up a rumpled paper.
Jim Waring of Sonora-Town; Or, Tang of Life
9
His hair was damp and rumpled, and his red face worked spasmodically.
The Young Pitcher
10
Betty was covered with dust and her clothing was torn and rumpled.
Betty Gordon at Boarding School; Or, The Treasure of Indian Chas...
11
Three still in suits, looking rumpled from the heat and the workday.
Four to score
12
The lady avenged full sore, that he had rumpled thus her clothes.
The Nibelungenlied
13
He wore rumpled pants and a shirt with a wilted celluloid collar.
A Place so Foreign
14
The sheets and blankets were rumpled where Owen must have leaped up.
Another life
15
He pulled back the covers and rumpled the pillows on the bed.
No country for old men
16
When I have touzled and rumpled you a little, we shall see.
Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are
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