to wrinkle

Examples

• All

• And even because when I smile, my cheeks like wrinkle up here a lot.

• The main problem with linen is that it wrinkles like crazy.

• OK, I'm going to try and wrinkle my head and then I'm going to fill in my wrinkle lines.

• Just as this flesh is pink now... so it will turn gray and wrinkle with age.

  Interview with the Vampire (1994)

• - I don't want to wrinkle this dress.

  Mayerling (1968)

• It's bad enough my face is wrinkled.

  The Countess (2009)

• Here, I'm going to get it all wrinkled here.

  Boyhood (2014)

• Her flesh has grown hard and wrinkled and has the markings of a snake.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The baby's face wrinkled and reddened even more until it was an angry mask.

  Fiction book (1992)

• During the days, temperatures commonly soar to more than 100 degrees, and the heat-wrinkled air blurs the horizon.

  Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

C

to crumple

vsto wrinkle

29 3.4

Get folded and wrinkled when pressed, like paper or cloth

is broader, not limited to forceful crushing actions

P

to pucker

vsto wrinkle

25 5.2

To make small wrinkles in skin or cloth

is more general, applying to any creasing not only gathered edges

C

to crease

vsto wrinkle

18 2.3

To make a line in cloth or paper by folding it

is similar but can describe both lines and softer surface folds

C

to crinkle

vsto wrinkle

12 3.7

Form small lines on paper, skin, or cloth

is broader, covering any size of creases or folds on surfaces

F

to furrow

vsto wrinkle

11 5.8

To make lines or wrinkles in the skin, often on the forehead

is less specific about depth, covering both shallow and deep folds

S

to scrunch

vsto wrinkle

• Informal

9 5.5

Squeeze something until it becomes wrinkled or folded

also means becoming creased but not always by crushing action

R

to rumple

vsto wrinkle

6 5.4

To make clothes or hair wrinkled and messy

can mean any crease or fold, not necessarily messy appearance

K

to knit

vsto wrinkle

3 4.2

To bring the eyebrows together to make small lines on the forehead

is more general, applying to any creasing or folding action

S

to scrunch up

vsto wrinkle

• Informal

1 4.1

To press something so it becomes wrinkled, for example paper or your face

covers gentle or natural crease formation, not only by squeezing

R

to ruffle up

vsto wrinkle

1 4.2

To make a smooth surface uneven or wrinkled

is broader, including stronger or more defined creases and folds

R

to ruck up

vsto wrinkle

8.4

To become wrinkled and folded into small ridges

also covers making creases but not only those formed by gathering

R

to ruckle

vsto wrinkle

9.9

To make small folds in cloth by pressing or gathering it

is the general verb for making such creases in skin or fabric

C

to cockle

vsto wrinkle

9.5

To make a surface form small waves or ripples

describes creasing in general, including sharp lines not just waves

Phrasal Verbs

W

to wrinkle one's nose

4 6.0

To move the nose so it makes small lines to show you do not like something

S

to shake out the wrinkle

3.0

Remove small folds from clothes by shaking them

Compounds

W

wrinkle-resistant

3.7

Cloth that does not crease easily and stays smooth after wear or washing

How Wrinkled

to crumple

29 3.4

to furrow

11 5.8

to wrinkle

56 2.1

to crease

18 2.3

Surface Forms

Etymology