crepey

7.5

Skin or cloth that looks very thin and has many small wrinkles

adjective
/ˈkreɪpi/

: arrugado

After years of sun exposure, I noticed my arms had developed a crepey texture that needed special care.

Examples

Using a good moisturizer can help reduce the appearance of crepey skin around the eyes.
Glowy is adding that like skin like look back into the powder because if not, powder can look like a crepey hot mess on dry skin.
I like Sono Bellow because I'm trying to get rid of jiggly and crepey skin and I feel like it's really helping.
If you have oily lids or crepey or like lots of like folds on your eyes, use a primer.
Now, generally speaking, if this part of the lid is hooded and coming down and it's more hooded with wrinkles or crepey skin, the more matte shades you need to use.
As she aged, her complexion became more crepey, resembling the texture of aged fabric.

Synonyms

wrinkled

vscrepey

34 1.5

Having small lines on skin or cloth

is thinner and emphasizes very fine fabric like crinkles rather than general folds

wrinkly

vscrepey

13 2.4

Having many small folds on skin or cloth

is thinner and suggests a delicate crepe like surface rather than thicker folds

crinkly

vscrepey

4 4.0

Small wrinkles or folds cover the surface

is thinner and resembles crepe fabric with very fine wrinkles

crinkled

vscrepey

1 3.7

Having small folds or wrinkles on the surface, like paper

is thinner and resembles crepe fabric with finer denser wrinkles

creasy

vscrepey

7.2

Full of small wrinkles and folds in cloth or paper

is thinner and suggests a crepe like texture with tiny wrinkles

crumply

vscrepey

5.2

Having a wrinkled, creased surface

is thinner and features finer uniform crepe like wrinkles not large creases

Antonyms

smooth

256 1.0

A surface that is even and not rough

How Wrinkled

wrinkled

34 1.5

crinkled

1 3.7

crepey

7.5

smooth

256 1.0

Surface Forms

crepey positive

crepeyer comparative

crepeiest superlative

Morphology

crepey = crepe (transparent) = crepe + y

The adjective is a regular adjectival formation from the noun 'crepe' meaning 'having the texture of crepe', which is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word crepey comes from crepe, a thin fabric or paper with many small wrinkles. The -y ending means 'having', so 'crepey' describes something that is 'thin' and 'wrinkled', like crepe fabric.