Synonyms of rumpling

rumpling

verb

present participle of rumple

1

as in crumpling

to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in

the guest rumpled the antique bedspread by lying down on it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crumpling
• scrunching
• wrinkling
• folding
• crinkling
• creasing
• ruffling
• puckering
• rippling
• corrugating
• furrowing
• crimping
• crisping
• knitting
• pleating
• rucking
• contracting
• mussing (up)
• messing (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• smoothing
• flattening
• straightening
• ironing
• evening
• pressing
• ironing out
• smoothening
• uncrumpling
• unfolding
• tidying
• neatening

2

as in wrinkling

to develop creases or folds

the linen skirt rumpled as soon as she started wearing it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wrinkling
• furrowing
• creasing
• folding
• crinkling
• doubling
• crumpling
• collapsing

3

as in disrupting

to undo the proper order or arrangement of

the aunt would invariably rumple the little boy's hair whenever she came to visit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disrupting
• shuffling
• mussing
• disturbing
• confusing
• tousling
• disarranging
• disorganizing
• disordering
• jumbling
• tumbling
• scrambling
• upsetting
• deranging
• dislocating
• snarling
• muddling
• mixing (up)
• dishevelling
• hashing
• tangling
• disheveling
• disjointing
• disarraying
• discomposing
• messing (up)
• embroiling
• perturbing
• entangling
• cluttering
• unsettling
• stirring (up)
• agitating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• organizing
• regulating
• disposing
• arranging
• ranging
• ordering
• tidying
• lining
• arraying
• alining
• marshaling
• drawing up
• marshalling
• aligning
• straightening (up)
• queueing
• adjusting
• classifying
• queuing
• lining up
• fixing
• systematizing
• codifying
• grooming
• making up
• methodizing
• systemizing
• sprucing (up)
• unscrambling