rumple
Destroy careful pressing
To rumple is to wrinkle, crease, or make untidy—typically fabric, hair, or bedding: She rumpled his hair affectionately, rumpled sheets.
A rumpled appearance suggests dishevelment, whether from sleep, exertion, or carelessness.
The word works as both verb and noun, though the noun (a wrinkle or crease) is less common.
Disordered, especially hair
- mussedMade untidy
- unkemptUntidy in appearance
- messyLacking order or neatness
- untidyLacking neatness or order
bedraggled · disordered · wrinkled · creased · scruffy · sloppy · mussy · tangled
Flat expanses of material
- bedclothesCoverings for sleeping
- linenFlax-derived textile
- clothingBody coverings worn daily
- cottonPlant fiber for textiles
silk · shirt · blouse · dress · curtains · tablecloth · napkin · pillowcase
crease
Line from folding
scrunch · gather · furrow · corrugate · ruffle · pleat · tuck · shirr · cockle · bunch
tousled
Disordered, especially hair
untidy · bedraggled · disordered · wrinkled · creased · scruffy · sloppy · mussy · tangled · disarrayed
sheets
Flat expanses of material
- bedclothesCoverings for sleeping
- linenFlax-derived textile
- clothingBody coverings worn daily
cotton · silk · shirt · blouse · dress · curtains · tablecloth · napkin · pillowcase · duvet
- disorderchaos, chaotic, disarray, mess, disordered
- disruptdisrupt, disturb, upset, disorder, disorganize
- Wavinesswave, ripple, undulation, curl, billow