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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

unfold

neaten, tidy
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

give way
Near Antonyms of crumple

inflate, rise, swell

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