rumpled

ADJECTIVE

bushy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fluffy fuzzy hairy luxuriant unruly wiry

WEAK

bristling bristly disordered feathery fringed full furry heavy hirsute prickly rough spreading stiff thick tufted woolly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

smooth

WEAK

bald neat well-kept

ADJECTIVE

corrugated

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crumpled

STRONG

channelled creased crinkled flexed fluted folded furrowed puckered roughened wrinkled

Antonyms

WEAK

flat smooth

ADJECTIVE

disheveled

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bedraggled messy

STRONG

dirty disarranged disarrayed disordered ruffled tousled unbuttoned unzipped

WEAK

bagged out beat up blowzy frowzy grubby messed-up mussed-up mussy scuzzy slipshod sloppy slovenly uncombed unfastidious untidy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clean

STRONG

neat ordered

WEAK

orderly tidy unwrinkled

ADJECTIVE

disordered

Synonyms

STRONG

confused deranged disarranged discombobulated disconnected disjointed dislocated disorganized displaced jumbled mislaid misplaced moved muddled removed roiled ruffled shifted shuffled tangled tossed tousled tumbled unsettled

WEAK

all over the place discontinuous in confusion incoherent out of place stirred up tampered-with untidy

Antonyms

STRONG

clear coherent connected methodical neat ordered organized systematic

WEAK

arranged orderly systematized trim

ADJECTIVE

matted

Synonyms

STRONG

disordered knotted snarled tousled twisted

WEAK

kinky uncombed

Antonyms

STRONG

neat ordered

WEAK

unknotted untangled

ADJECTIVE

messy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chaotic confused sloppy

WEAK

blotchy careless disheveled disordered disorganized grimy grubby littered muddled raunchy slapdash slipshod slovenly unfastidious unkempt untidy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ordered organized systematic

WEAK

clean uncluttered

ADJECTIVE

mussy

Synonyms

WEAK

blotchy careless chaotic confused disheveled disordered disorganized grimy grubby littered muddled raunchy slapdash slipshod sloppy slovenly unfastidious unkempt untidy

ADJECTIVE

tousled

Synonyms

STRONG

dirty disarranged disheveled disordered ruffled tangled

WEAK

grubby messed-up messy mussed-up sloppy uncombed unkempt

Antonyms

STRONG

neat ordered orderly

WEAK

kempt

ADJECTIVE

unkempt

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bedraggled dilapidated disheveled grubby grungy messy neglected scruffy shaggy

WEAK

coarse crude dirty disarranged disarrayed disordered messed-up mussed-up rough slipshod slovenly tousled unclean uncombed unfastidious ungroomed unimproved unneat unpolished untidy vulgar

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clean kempt neat ordered smooth tidy

WEAK

trim

ADJECTIVE

untidy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bedraggled jumbled messy sloppy tangled

WEAK

careless chaotic cluttered disarranged disarrayed disheveled dowdy frowzy in disorder littered mess mixed up muddled slapdash slipshod slovenly snarled tacky topsy-turvy tousled uncombed unfastidious unkempt unneat unorderly unsettled upset

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clean neat ordered organized tidy

WEAK

orderly

ADJECTIVE

wrinkled

Synonyms

STRONG

unironed

WEAK

cockled corrugated folded furrowed lined puckered rugose rugous withered

Antonyms

WEAK

unwrinkled

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The papers caught the attention of Thomas Edison, then 40 years old, rumpled, ascetic and already the most powerful figure in American electrical innovation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

In an Indian city, an unassuming, slightly rumpled comedian walks into the spotlight for the first time in months.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

In this case, I can’t see how ironing out a few wrinkles and covering a rumpled duvet with a digital bedspread materially misrepresents your home.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

The shah heard news of the coup in Rome, where he arrived “a rumpled refugee,” according to the New York Daily News on Aug. 20, 1953.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Jackson glanced at his rumpled secondhand flannel shirt Mom had found yesterday in a church used-clothes bin.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis

rumpled

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