rumple

v., -pled, -pling, -ples.

v.tr.
To wrinkle or form into folds or creases.

v.intr.
To become wrinkled or creased.

n.
An irregular or untidy crease.

[Perhaps Dutch rompelen, from Middle Dutch rumpelen.]

rumply rum'ply adj.

verb

1. To make irregular folds in, especially by pressing or twisting: crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, rimple, wrinkle. See smooth/rough.
2. To put (the hair or clothes) into a state of disarray: disarrange, dishevel, disorder, mess (up), muss (up), tousle. See order/disorder.

noun

A line or an arrangement made by the doubling of one part over another: crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, fold, pleat, plica, plication, pucker, rimple, ruck², wrinkle. See smooth/rough.

v

Definition: crush, wrinkle
Antonyms: flatten, iron, smooth

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IN BRIEF: To crease or wrinkle. Also: to disarrange. n. A crease or wrinkle.

Please iron and fold the rumpled clothing.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - krølle, purre op (i hår), pjuske
v. intr. - krølle, pjuske
n. - krølle, fold, rynke

Nederlands (Dutch)
(ver)kreukelen

Français (French)
v. tr. - ébouriffer, froisser, friper
v. intr. - se rider, se froisser
n. - faux pli

Deutsch (German)
v. - zerknittern, zerzausen
n. - Falte

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ρυτιδώνω, τσαλακώνω, στραπατσάρω, αναμαλλιάζω, ξεχτενίζω
n. - ζάρα, τσαλάκα

Italiano (Italian)
sgualcire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - amarrotar, vincar
n. - dobra (f)

Русский (Russian)
мять, трепать, ерошить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - arrugar, enfadar, molestar
v. intr. - arrugarse, ajarse
n. - pliegue, doblez, arruga

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - rufsa till, skrynkla
n. - pepparmintssnaps

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
弄皱, 使凌乱, 变皱, 变凌乱, 皱纹, 皱褶

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 弄皺, 使凌亂
v. intr. - 變皺, 變凌亂
n. - 皺紋, 皺褶

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 구기다, 헝클어 놓다
v. intr. - 헝클어 뜨리다, 구기다
n. - 구김살, 주름

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - しわくちゃにする, くしゃくしゃにする
n. - しわ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجعد, يشعث (الاسم) جعدة, غضن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פרע (שיער), קימט‬
v. intr. - ‮נפרע (שיער), קומט‬
n. - ‮פריעת שיער‬

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