Wrinkle

//ˈɹɪŋkl̩//

Synonyms for "wrinkle" (166 found)

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Closest matches (34)

Strong matches (49)

cranny craze crease crimp crimple crinkle crumple crush curtail cut dado decline decoration decrease dike ditch dodder draw draw in draw together

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engrave engraving extra extra added attraction extra dash fad faddiness faddishness faddism faddist fade fail filigree filling fillip flourish flute fluting fold frill gash

Noun(3 words)

crease crinkle furrow

Verb(5 words)

crease crinkle crisp crumple furrow

Related words (83)

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8 relation types

More general

10 entries

contract depression difficultness difficulty fold fold up impression imprint method turn up

Synonyms

3 entries

furrow purse rumple

Related terms

3 entries

unwrinkled wrinkle-free wrinkly

has context

2 entries

dialect us

is a

6 entries

cleft depression difficulty flexible thing method unevenness

manner of

1 entries

fold

part of

1 entries

skin

related to

25 entries

age bug crease fatigue fault furrow imperfection iron out irregular line otherwise product pucker ridge skin smooth

Showing 16 of 25 words.

Translations

277 translations across 76 languages.

Abkhaz

1 entries

акҷыра noun (line or crease in the skin)

Adyghe

1 entries

зэлъа noun (line or crease in the skin)

Afrikaans

2 entries

plooi noun (line or crease in the skin)
rimpel noun (line or crease in the skin)

Albanian

1 entries

rrudhë noun (line or crease in the skin)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

φαρκίς noun (line or crease in the skin)
ῥυτίς noun (line or crease in the skin)

Arabic

4 entries

تجاعيد noun (line or crease in the skin)
تَجَعُّد noun (line or crease in the skin)
جَعْدَة noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
جَعْدَة noun (line or crease in the skin)

Armenian

1 entries

կնճիռ noun (line or crease in the skin)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

büküm noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
büküm noun (line or crease in the skin)
qırış noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
qırış noun (line or crease in the skin)

Belarusian

1 entries

маршчы́на noun (line or crease in the skin)

Bulgarian

4 entries

бръ́чка noun (line or crease in the skin)
гъ́нка noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
нагъвам verb (to pucker or become uneven or irregular)
сбръчквам се verb (to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age)

Catalan

4 entries

arruga noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
arruga noun (line or crease in the skin)
clivella noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
defecte noun (fault, imperfection or bug)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

چرج noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
چرچ کردن verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)

Chamicuro

1 entries

ishama che'na'ti noun (line or crease in the skin)

Chinese

1 entries

皺痕 /皱痕 noun (line or crease in the skin)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

皺紋 /皱纹 noun (line or crease in the skin)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

皺紋 /皱纹 noun (line or crease in the skin)
皺 /皱 verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)

Coptic

2 entries

ϣⲱⲣϣ noun (line or crease in the skin)
ⲭⲱⲣϣ noun (line or crease in the skin)

Czech

1 entries

vráska noun (line or crease in the skin)

Danish

3 entries

krølle noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
rynke noun (line or crease in the skin)
krølle verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)

Dutch

2 entries

rimpel noun (line or crease in the skin)
kreuken verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)

Esperanto

4 entries

difekteto noun (fault, imperfection or bug)
falto noun (line or crease in the skin)
haŭtsulketo noun (line or crease in the skin)
faltigi verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)

Estonian

2 entries

korts noun (line or crease in the skin)
kortsud noun (line or crease in the skin)

Faroese

1 entries

rukka noun (line or crease in the skin)

Finnish

4 entries

bugi noun (fault, imperfection or bug)
juonne noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
lastentauti noun (fault, imperfection or bug)
ryppy noun (furrow in a smooth surface)

French

4 entries

aspérité noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
ride noun (line or crease in the skin)
froisser verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)
plisser verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)

Galician

4 entries

aquela noun (fault, imperfection or bug)
arregaño noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
brecadura noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
chafaldrada noun (fault, imperfection or bug)

Gallurese

1 entries

aggruciuppí verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)

Georgian

1 entries

ნაოჭი noun (line or crease in the skin)

German

4 entries

Falte noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
Falte noun (line or crease in the skin)
Problem noun (fault, imperfection or bug)
Runzel noun (line or crease in the skin)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌻 noun (line or crease in the skin)

Greek

4 entries

ζάρα noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
ζάρα noun (line or crease in the skin)
ζάρα noun (fault, imperfection or bug)
πτυχή noun (furrow in a smooth surface)

Hungarian

4 entries

barázda noun (line or crease in the skin)
egyenetlenség noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
gyűrődés noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
redő noun (line or crease in the skin)

Icelandic

3 entries

hrukka noun (line or crease in the skin)
korpa noun (line or crease in the skin)
krumpa verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)

Indonesian

1 entries

kedut noun (line or crease in the skin)

Ingrian

4 entries

poime noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
poimu noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
murjahussa verb (to pucker or become uneven or irregular)
murjata verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)

Italian

4 entries

asperità noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
crepa noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
grinza noun (line or crease in the skin)
imperfezione noun (fault, imperfection or bug)

Japanese

3 entries

皺 noun (line or crease in the skin)
しわが寄る verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)
皺ばむ verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)

Kazakh

1 entries

әжім noun (line or crease in the skin)

Khmer

1 entries

ស្នាមជ្រីវជ្រូញ noun (line or crease in the skin)

Korean

1 entries

주름지다 verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

бырыш noun (line or crease in the skin)

Latin

3 entries

rūga noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
rūga noun (line or crease in the skin)
caperrō verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)

Macedonian

1 entries

брчка noun (line or crease in the skin)

Malayalam

4 entries

ചുളിവ് noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
ചുളിവ് noun (line or crease in the skin)
ചുളുക്ക് noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
ചുളുക്ക് noun (line or crease in the skin)

Manx

4 entries

craplag noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
craplee verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)
craplee verb (to pucker or become uneven or irregular)
cungee verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)

Māori

4 entries

hākorukoru noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
hākorukoru noun (line or crease in the skin)
kurehe noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
ngene noun (line or crease in the skin)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

qermîçok noun (line or crease in the skin)

Norwegian

1 entries

rynke noun (line or crease in the skin)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

آژنگ noun (line or crease in the skin)

Persian

2 entries

آژنگ noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
چروک noun (line or crease in the skin)

Polish

4 entries

zmarszczka noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
zmarszczka noun (line or crease in the skin)
marszczyć verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)
marszczyć się verb (to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age)

Portuguese

4 entries

ruga noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
ruga noun (line or crease in the skin)
amassar verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)
enrugar verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)

Quechua

1 entries

hawch'ay verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)

Romanian

4 entries

cuta verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)
plisa verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)
rida verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)
zbârci verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)

Russian

4 entries

морщи́на noun (line or crease in the skin)
скла́дка noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
мо́рщить verb (to pucker or become uneven or irregular)
мо́рщиться verb (to pucker or become uneven or irregular)

Salar

1 entries

buruş noun (line or crease in the skin)

Sardinian

2 entries

aggruncipire verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)
aprichizonare verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)

Sassarese

1 entries

incrippì verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

bóra noun (line or crease in the skin)
nábor noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
бо́ра noun (line or crease in the skin)
на́бор noun (furrow in a smooth surface)

Slovak

4 entries

vráska noun (line or crease in the skin)
záhyb noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
krčiť verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)
pokrčiť verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)

Slovene

1 entries

guba noun (line or crease in the skin)

Southern Altai

1 entries

чырыш noun (line or crease in the skin)

Spanish

4 entries

arruga noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
arruga noun (line or crease in the skin)
aspereza noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
engurra noun (furrow in a smooth surface)

Swedish

4 entries

rynka noun (line or crease in the skin)
skrynkla noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
rynka verb (to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age)
skrynkla verb (to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles)

Tagalog

1 entries

kulubot noun (line or crease in the skin)

Tamil

4 entries

சுருக்கு noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
சுருக்கு noun (line or crease in the skin)
சுருக்குவிழு verb (to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age)
சுருங்கு verb (to pucker or become uneven or irregular)

Thai

2 entries

รอยย่น noun (line or crease in the skin)
ริ้วรอย noun (line or crease in the skin)

Turkish

4 entries

buruşukluk noun (line or crease in the skin)
küçük problem noun (fault, imperfection or bug)
küçük sorun noun (fault, imperfection or bug)
kırışıklık noun (furrow in a smooth surface)

Ukrainian

1 entries

змо́ршка noun (line or crease in the skin)

Uyghur

1 entries

قورۇق noun (line or crease in the skin)

Uzbek

1 entries

ajin noun (line or crease in the skin)

Vietnamese

1 entries

nếp nhăn noun (line or crease in the skin)

Welsh

3 entries

crych noun (furrow in a smooth surface)
crych noun (line or crease in the skin)
tolc noun (furrow in a smooth surface)

Woiwurrung

1 entries

nanborrjerin noun (line or crease in the skin)

Zazaki

2 entries

çermıqyayış noun (line or crease in the skin)
çırç noun (furrow in a smooth surface)

Zhuang

1 entries

nyaeuq noun (line or crease in the skin)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Hang up your shirts before they wrinkle.

Source: tatoeba (569058)

There's a pesky wrinkle on my shirt that I just can't get the iron to remove.

Source: tatoeba (2321334)

From within her wrinkle furrowed face two alert and inquisitive eyes looked at me.

Source: tatoeba (5258203)

There's an annoying wrinkle on my shirt that I can't get out with the iron.

Source: tatoeba (10713810)

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