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as in crumpled
to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in
scrunched up the shirt and tossed it in the laundry
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Recent Examples of scrunched
Kavya tugs on my arm, her nose is scrunched up, eyebrows discombobulated.
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Navdeep Singh Dhillon, Parents, 21 Aug. 2025
An image of his little face, scrunched in discomfort, but no sound coming from his little mouth, was instantly clear.
—Zoë Jones, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2025
GloRilla tapped into a too-cool-for-school uniform aesthetic at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, styling plaid with black peep-toe platform shoes and scrunched white socks.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Navdeep Singh Dhillon, Parents, 21 Aug. 2025
An image of his little face, scrunched in discomfort, but no sound coming from his little mouth, was instantly clear.
—Zoë Jones, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2025
GloRilla tapped into a too-cool-for-school uniform aesthetic at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, styling plaid with black peep-toe platform shoes and scrunched white socks.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrunched
Verb
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Cause of crash is being investigated Videos of the accident show the carriage toppled to its side and crashed into a building on the steep and narrow street, with parts of the streetcar crumpled.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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Last month, a Chinese coast guard vessel collided with a naval destroyer while attempting to drive away a Philippine patrol ship in the South China Sea, leaving its bow crumpled and twisted.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The crowd crouched – then sprinted away from the canopy.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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And over the past nine months, a team of judges has been measuring it, pinpointing the exact location of the wave’s base, then stacking images of Slebir’s crouched pose on top of each other like a totem pole up the face of the wave.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Ceiling murals in both rooms have been partly worn or scraped away, leaving a dreamy abstract pattern.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
12 Sep. 2025
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According to reporting from The Atlantic, YouTube creators like Jon Peters, who built an audience of over a million subscribers by sharing woodworking tutorials, now face the threat of obsolescence as their videos are being quietly scraped to train AI.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Repeat alternating and folding until all ingredients are added and folded in.—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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The handheld food item is made with the brand’s Thin N’ Crispy crust, folded around toppings and cheese, then baked and sprinkled with Parmesan and oregano.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Inside, hundreds of people huddled together, crying.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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On fourth down a flag was thrown for what looked like pass interference on the Mustangs, but after the officials huddled, the penalty was waved off giving the ball back to the Bulldogs.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Every plot point is wrinkled or changed in some fundamental way.—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
18 Oct. 2024
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The vinyl decals, featuring salmon crying to get beyond the first of the dams, were wrinkled, the banner itself battle-scarred in places.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
The Arizona Republic,
12 Oct. 2024
Verb
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The surface has barely been scratched.—
Sandy Peng,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The recent development was a back injury that forced Glasnow to be scratched from his start Friday in Baltimore.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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At the time of Raya’s initial loan from Brentford, The Athletic crunched his Premier League numbers.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Just as the rise in beef prices crunched margins, their decline should serve up margin expansion.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Scrunched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrunched. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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