wrinkled

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/ˈɹɪŋkl̩d/ English

Definitions

verb

To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.“Be careful not to wrinkle your dress before we arrive.”
To pucker or become uneven or irregular.“An hour in the tub will cause your fingers to wrinkle.”
(of skin) To develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age.“The skin is the substance that wrinkles, shows age, stretches, scars and cuts.”
To sneer (at).

adjective

(of a surface) Uneven, with many furrows and prominent points, often in reference to the skin or hide of animals.“As the ocean receded from the beach it left the sand appearing wrinkled.”

Related words

Synonyms

bewrinkled rugose wrinkly puckered-up creased rumpled crumpled furrowed drip-dry permanent-press unsmoothed unironed unpressed puckered roughdried rugate fold folded

Antonyms

Associated

hornbill warty irises umbilicus labia glabrous diploid wrinkles frog rind

Rhymes

sprinkled tinkled twinkled anything killed king killed singh killed thing killed think killed

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