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Meanings of rumpled in English

In disarray; extremely disorderly.

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Examples for "dishevelled"
Examples for "dishevelled"
1
They turned and gazed at the pale, dishevelled girl in the doorway.
The Place Beyond the Winds
2
Recently photographed looking bloated and dishevelled, Perry's troubles are apparently not over.
News.com.au
3
He is hatless and unwashed and dishevelled, standing in the Blackfriars Road.
Despair's Last Journey
4
All were more or less dishevelled and filthy; but they were human.
The Oakdale Affair
5
The effect is brilliant but dishevelled-looking vines, the Einstein of vineyards, maybe.
The Guardian
1
Sam and Emily both look disheveled and have clearly been making out.
I am number four
2
He was not entirely unattractive in a disheveled, wild sort of way.
A nameless witch
3
He looked even more disheveled than he had earlier in the day.
Darkness on the edge of town
4
Because I am completely disheveled, I don't walk through the dining room.
Love, life and linguine
5
He was pale, a little disheveled from his hours in a cell.
Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller
1
Suddenly the tousled head of the operator popped out of his window.
Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive; Or, Two Miles a Minute on...
2
He took off his hat and scratched his tousled head in reflection.
Dennison Grant: A Novel of To-day
3
Her hair was in tousled strings and her face was sallow, creased.
Main Street
4
Anyone expecting to see Sewell all tousled and sexy will be disappointed.
The Guardian
5
He indicated the boudoir by a movement of his somewhat tousled head.
Mr. Prohack
1
He saw a vehement young man, powder-smeared and frowzled, whom he knew to be him.
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
2
They entered a small stifling room where were a stove, two kitchen chairs and three frowzled beds in corners.
His Family
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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