Unwrinkle

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To remove wrinkles from. transitive

    "He and she sat side by side like two wax people while the waiter stretched across to unwrinkle the tablecloth and straighten the knives."

  2. 2
    To stop being wrinkly; to become flat or smooth. intransitive

    "His head protruded out of his torn collar much as the head of the tortoise protrudes from its shell, the throat unwrinkling, the eyes like beads, or pips of jet."

Synonyms

All synonyms
flatten outflatten outsmooth

Example

More examples

"He and she sat side by side like two wax people while the waiter stretched across to unwrinkle the tablecloth and straighten the knives."

Etymology

From un- + wrinkle.

More for "unwrinkle"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.