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crumple

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of crumple

1 to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in

crumpled the piece of paper and angrily threw it in the wastebasket

Synonyms of crumple

crinkle, rumple, scrunch, wrinkle

Words Related to crumple

corrugate, crease, crimp, fold, pleat, pucker, ruck

crisp, ripple, ruffle

contract, furrow, knit

mess (up), muss (up)

Near Antonyms of crumple

even, iron, press, straighten

Antonyms of crumple

flatten, iron out, smooth, smoothen, uncrumple

2 to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure

the box crumpled when I accidentally dropped a brick on it

Synonyms of crumple

buckle, cave (in), collapse, founder, give, go, go out, implode, tumble, yield

Words Related to crumple

deflate, flatten, melt, melt down

break, break down, conk (out), crash, die, fail, give out, stall

burst, shatter, smash, splinter, split

crack, crumble, pop, snap

Phrases Synonymous with crumple

Near Antonyms of crumple

inflate, rise, swell

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