Meaning & use

rumply

adjective·Everyday

Last updated

Having wrinkles, creases, or a crumpled appearance; rumpled.

See it in a sentence

He pulled a rumply shirt from the bottom of the suitcase.

Her rumply bedsheets showed she'd slept in late.

A note on using this word

"Rumply" is an informal variant of "rumpled," more often heard in casual speech than seen in formal writing.

Words with a similar meaning

rumpledwrinkled

Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.

Words with an opposite meaning

Make it your own

Write a sentence using “rumply”, then compare your use with the examples above.

Your draft stays on this page and is not sent anywhere.