crinkly
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4.0
- adjective
- /ˈkrɪŋkli/
:
arrugado
- The old paper was crinkly and difficult to read because it had been folded many times.
- crinkly hair
- crinkly smile
- crinkly eyes
My lips are crusty and crinkly and cracked all the time.
- My lips are crusty and crinkly and cracked all the time.
- It really flatters the eye and it doesn't look crinkly.
- That way you have like nice even waves instead of having like crinkly hair like when you cramp it, which is a whole different look.
- And she had, like, the crinkly little blanket and the Unicorn medal.
- None of those products that just make your hair look so greasy and so hard like gel crinkly.
- But a real smile, you're the whole face gets animated and there's a little crinkly thing here as your face, as you, as it lights up and your eyes light up.
- You're going to have to pay Karen Stormy, dusty, misty, crispy, crispy, crunchy, crinkly and and grizzly.
- That's crinkly old fucked up ones, most of which were taped together.
Examples
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Tall, kind, rueful, crinkly smile—bit of Gregory Peck about him.
Fiction book (1992) -
I just love crinkly ribbon like the one in the photo above.
Blog text (19) -
This is a very crinkly, exciting looking card.
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This thing survived the winter, but look at how crinkly that got.
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You can hardly tell the color of his left eye, the way it is surrounded by crinkly skin.
Fiction book (1992) -
I love that crinkly smile of hers.
Fiction book (1997) -
There's something about her crinkly smile and this--
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A few other stray crinkly leaves from the family tree.
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Penfold greeted the girl with a crinkly smile as she curtsied.
Fiction book (1999) -
"What was he doing here?" she asked in her soft, crinkly voice that melds Jewish singsong with the inflections of Uptown New Orleans.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
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1.5
Having small lines on skin or cloth
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1.3
Having soft, regular curves like small waves, not straight
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2.4
Having many small folds on skin or cloth
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4.9
A surface that has long narrow lines or wrinkles
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3.7
Having small folds or wrinkles on the surface, like paper
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5.0
Having a smooth up-and-down shape like small ripples
Full of small wrinkles and folds in cloth or paper
Having a wrinkled, creased surface
Skin or cloth that looks very thin and has many small wrinkles
With small, gentle waves on the surface, like water or cloth
Antonyms
Compounds
How Wrinkled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Crinkly comes from the small verb crinkle, which means 'to make small folds or creases' and is like the word wrinkle, so think of crinkling paper or foil that shows many tiny folds and makes a soft sound. That's why something crinkly looks uneven or full of little wrinkles, like crinkly hair or the crinkly eyes of a smiling face.