Crinkle

/ˈkɹɪŋkəl/

Synonyms for "crinkle" (108 found)

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Closest matches (22)

Strong matches (32)

crimple crinkling crumple crush flexuosity flexuousness fold furrow intorsion intort involution kink knit knot meander meandering plica pucker purse ridge

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rimple ripple rivel rivulationrub the wrong way

Verb(2 words)

crisp crumple

Noun(5 words)

crumple fold furrow line pucker

Related words (54)

ruck ruckle ruffle rumple rustle scallop screw scrunch serpentineset on edgeshirr sinuation sinuosity sinuousness slink slinkiness snake snakiness swirl swish

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torsion tortility tortuosity tortuousness turn turning twine twirl twisttwist and turntwisting undulation wave waving whirl whish whorl wimple wind winding worm wring wrinkle

Verb(5 words)

ruckle rumple scrunchscrunch upwrinkle

Noun(5 words)

rustle scrunches seam wrinkles wrinkling

Adjective(1 words)

wrinkled

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More general

11 entries

deform depression foldfold upimpression imprint mark noise soundsurface featureturn up

More specific

7 entries

cellophane cracklecreasefabric creasefoil rustlefoldpaper wrinklewrinkle

Collocations

7 entries

crinkle effectcrinkle fabriccrinkle finishcrinkle foilcrinkle papercrinkle patterncrinkle texture

Inflections

3 entries

crinkled crinkles crinkling

Derivations

5 entries

crinkleness crinkliness crinkling crinkly recrinkle

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

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I hate the sound that cellophane makes when you crinkle it.

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My dog goes crazy when she hears the bag of dog food crinkle.

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He crinkled the wrapper and threw it out.

Source: wiktionary

The old man's lined face crinkled into a smile.

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