wrinkled
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1.5
- adjective
- /ˈrɪŋkəld/
:
arrugado
- She quickly realized that her dress was wrinkled after being crumpled in the suitcase.
- a wrinkled face
- looks wrinkled
- old and wrinkled
Then came the visitations, ghostly face sheathed in the wrinkled visage of an old man.
- Then came the visitations, ghostly face sheathed in the wrinkled visage of an old man.
Examples
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His one suit was always wrinkled and too short in the sleeves.
Fiction book (1990) -
Inside, there were a couple of wrinkled plums, a small bottle, and a slip of paper.
Academic text (2007) -
It's a pretty wrinkled shirt, as you can see.
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Instead they turn pink and wrinkled and fall to the ground.
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A little wrinkled around the edges, but not bad for an old man.
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She's barefoot, in a long, wrinkled shirt she must have slept in.
Fiction book (1992) -
His white fringed jacket with blue piping and rhinestones is wrinkled and dirty.
Fiction book (1990) -
Their beds were still unmade too, and the wrinkled sheets exuded their sweet, sweaty smell.
Fiction book (1990) -
A crown rested upon his wrinkled brow, the platinum blending with his close-cropped hair.
Fiction book (1992) -
Leoncico patters over, wagging his tail, his great wrinkled head bearded with drool.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
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2.4
Having many small folds on skin or cloth
4
4.0
Small wrinkles or folds cover the surface
1
4.9
A surface that has long narrow lines or wrinkles
1
3.7
Having small folds or wrinkles on the surface, like paper
1
5.2
Dry and wrinkled because it has lost water
Full of small wrinkles and folds in cloth or paper
Skin or cloth that looks very thin and has many small wrinkles
Having a wrinkled, creased surface
Pressed so it has many small folds or is bent out of shape
Skin that has visible lines caused by age or hard work
Dried and shrunken with a wrinkled surface from lack of water
Antonyms
How Smooth
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word wrinkled comes from an old root wrinc that meant 'to fold' or 'to crease', a simple picture like when you crinkle paper. So, something wrinkled is full of small folds or lines from creasing, age, or being not smoothed out.