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Definition: Rumpled |
RumpledAdjective1. In disarray; extremely disorderly; "her clothing was disheveled"; "powder-smeared and frowzled"; "a rumpled unmade bed"; "a bed with tousled sheets"; "his brown hair was tousled, thick, and curly"- Al Spiers. 2. Having wrinkles; "crumpled paper"; "her skirt had become creased"; "a rumpled gray suit". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "rumpled" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references) |
Synonyms: RumpledSynonyms: creased (adj), crumpled (adj), disheveled (adj), dishevelled (adj), frowzled (adj), tousled (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Rumpled |
| English words defined with "rumpled": creased, crumpled ♦ disheveled, dishevelled ♦ frowzled ♦ Rumply ♦ tousled. (references) |
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| "Rumpled bed" by Stephanie Syjuco Commentary: "Rumpled bedding at island vacation spot, Philippines." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Oliver Goldsmith | Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Travel | Ukraine | Rumpled, torn, and written-on bills are usually not accepted. (references) |
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| "Rumpled" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 63.89% of the time. "Rumpled" is used about 72 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 63.89% | 46 | 50,285 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 30.56% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 5.56% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 72 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "rumpled": rumpled-looking. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
rumpled | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "rumpled"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Finnish | pörröinen (dishevelled, ruffled up, shaggy, tousled). (various references) | |
German | zerwühlte, zerknitterte (creased, crumpled), zerknüllte. (various references) | |
Hungarian | kócos (blowzy, disheveled, dishevelled, ruffled, shock), gyűrött (creased, crinkled, crinkly, crumpled), borzas (disheveled, dishevelled, fuzzy, unkempt). (various references) | |
Indonesian | silang selimpat (complicated, crumpled), gumal (creased, crumpled, wrinkled). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | umpledray.(various references) | |
Romanian | ciufulit (blowzy, dishevelled, fluffy, ruffled, tousled, unkempt). (various references) | |
Swedish | skrynklig (creased, creasy, crinkly, tattered). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "rumpled": crumpled, uncrumpled. (additional references) | |
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"Rumpled" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cumplido, dumpled, rumped, Rumpoe. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "rumpled" (pronounced ru"mpuld) |
| 7 | r u" m p u l d | crumpled. |
| 5 | -m p u l d | dimpled, sampled, trampled. |
| 4 | -p u l d | coupled, crippled, grappled, peopled, principled, quadrupled, quintupled, rippled, stapled, toppled, tripled, unprincipled. |
| 3 | -u l d | addled, ambled, angled, annulled, assembled, babbled, backpedaled, baffled, barreled, battled, bedeviled, bedraggled, befuddled, belittled, bespectacled, bevelled, bicycled, boggled, bottled, bridled, bristled, bubbled, buckled, bundled, bungled, cabled, canceled, cancelled, channeled, chiseled, chortled, chronicled, chuckled, circled, cobbled, coddled, commingled, corbelled, counseled, crackled, credentialed, crumbled, cuddled, cycled, dabbled, dangled, dazzled, dialed, dibbled, disabled, disassembled, jangled, jostled, juggled, jumbled, kindled, knuckled, labeled, labelled, ladled, leveled, levelled, libeled, disgruntled, disheveled, dismantled, doubled, dribbled, dueled, dwindled, embattled, embezzled, emerald, empaneled, enabled, enameled, encircled, enfeebled, entangled, entitled, equaled, fabled, fiddled, fizzled, flanneled, fondled, frazzled, freckled, fueled, fuelled, fumbled, funneled, gambled, garbled, giggled, gobbled, grizzled, grumbled, haggled, handled, hassled, heckled, Herald, hobbled, huddled, humbled, hustled, idled, impaneled, imperiled, initialed, intermingled, mangled, manhandled, marbled, marshaled, marshalled, marveled, mingled, mishandled, mislabeled, modeled, mottled, muddled, muffled, mumbled, muscled, muzzled, needled, nestled, nettled, newfangled, nibbled, ogled, paddled, paneled, parceled, pedaled, pedalled, peddled, penciled, pickled, pummeled, puzzled, quarreled, rambled, rankled, rattled, raveled, reassembled, recycled, redoubled, refueled, rekindled, remodeled, resembled, resettled, reshuffled, reveled, riddled, rifled, rivaled, ruffled, rumbled, saddled, scaffold, scrambled, scribbled, scuffled, scuttled, settled, shackled, shoveled, shriveled, shuffled, shuttled, signaled, signalled, singled, sizzled, smuggled, snarled, spangled, sparkled, speckled, spiraled, sprinkled, squabbled, squirreled, startled, stenciled, stifled, straddled, straggled, strangled, struggled, stumbled, subtitled, swindled, tabled, tackled, tangled, tasseled, tattled, throttled, tickled, tinkled, titled, toggled, totaled, totalled, traveled, travelled, trebled, trembled, trickled, troubled, trundled, tumbled, tussled, unbridled, unlabeled, unraveled, unrivaled, unruffled, unsettled, unshackled, untrammeled, untroubled, waffled, wangled, whistled, whittled, widdled, wobbled, wrangled, wrestled, wrinkled. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-l-m-p-r-u" | |
-1 letter: dumper, lumped, lumper, plumed, purled, rumple. | |
-2 letters: demur, drupe, duper, duple, lemur, lured, muled, mured, perdu, plume, prude, puled, puler, ruled, umped. | |
-3 letters: derm, drum, duel, dump, dupe, dure, leud, lude, lump, lure, meld, merl, mule, mure, perm, pled, plum, pule, pure, purl, rude, rued, rule, rump. | |
-4 letters: del, due, dup, eld, elm, emu. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-l-m-p-r-u" | |
+1 letter: crumpled. | |
+2 letters: empurpled, promulged, replumbed. | |
+3 letters: presumedly, supermodel, uncrumpled. | |
+4 letters: imprudently, promulgated, supermodels. | |
+5 letters: multipronged, perambulated, subepidermal. | |
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