He ran a hand through his habitually rumpled hair, stretching his neck until it cracked.
Source: tatoeba (2010725)
Rumpled
Synonyms for "rumpled" (64 found)
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1 entriesTranslations
7 translations across 5 languages.
Indonesian
1 entries- kumal adj (creased, ruffled, dishevelled)
Italian
1 entries- sgualcito adj (creased, ruffled, dishevelled)
Māori
2 entries- hahohaho adj (creased, ruffled, dishevelled)
- tarihahohaho adj (creased, ruffled, dishevelled)
Sundanese
1 entries- kucel adj (creased, ruffled, dishevelled)
Swedish
2 entries- rufsig adj (creased, ruffled, dishevelled)
- skrynklig adj (creased, ruffled, dishevelled)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
“Ah, Colonel!” said Holmes, arranging his rumpled collar.
Source: tatoeba (7453252)
Ziri doesn't want Rima to go to school all rumpled.
Source: tatoeba (10213866)
Now in his late 60s, one of American agriculture's notable contrarians is more rumpled and thicker in the waist than he was as a Kansas farmboy, coasting through what he calls one of the most misspent youths in the history of the planet.
Source: tatoeba (10802176)
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