Synonyms of scrunch

scrunch

verb

1

as in to crumple

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

scrunched up the shirt and tossed it in the laundry

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crumple
• fold
• wrinkle
• crinkle
• ruffle
• pucker
• crease
• rumple
• furrow
• ripple
• knit
• crimp
• crisp
• pleat
• corrugate
• ruck
• muss (up)
• contract
• mess (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flatten
• straighten
• smooth
• iron out
• press
• even
• iron
• smoothen
• unfold
• uncrumple
• tidy
• neaten

2

as in to crouch

to lie low with the limbs close to the body

the climbers scrunched down on the leeward side of a large boulder and waited for the storm to pass

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crouch
• huddle
• squat
• hunch
• couch
• hunker (down)
• curl up
• squinch

3

as in to scrape

to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound

scrunched loose gravel with every footstep

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scrape
• grit
• scratch
• crunch
• grind
• groan
• creak
• grate
• gnash
• moan
• whine
• jar
• collide
• clash
• rasp
• jangle