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Full of creases or wrinkles
“He lay back on the pillows amid the rumpled sheets, eyes closed, allowing the dreams to manifest.”
In a mess or a state of disorder
“She gave the maid a slightly embarrassed smile, thinking this blasé woman was about to begin the task of, again, reassembling the rumpled room.”
Forming a thick tangled mess
Scruffy and neglected in appearance
To be disheveled, messy, or unkempt in appearance
To have thrown into disorder
“She put on her blouse, being careful not to rumple her hair.”
Past tense for to make wrinkled, particularly of fabric
“He tossed and turned enough to rumple the sheets thoroughly.”
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