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to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in
sitting down on the bedspread wrinkled it
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Recent Examples of wrinkled
Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Best Amazon Prime Day Storage & Organization Deals Keep the closets neat, the drawers organized, the spices in alphabetical order, and the bedding from getting wrinkled with these genius storage and organization hacks.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
Cut them in half and roast them at 425 degrees Fahrenheit (218 degrees Celsius) until the skins are charred and wrinkled.
—Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Health, 8 Oct. 2025
However, if that same button-up is wrinkled, your outfit will look seriously frumpy.
—Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
Every plot point is wrinkled or changed in some fundamental way.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2024
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
Emma noticed the fish was more aesthetically pleasing—iridescent skin, which was just slightly wrinkled and completely intact in the can.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 7 Oct. 2024
Verb
The old, wrinkled one looks up at Helm’s mountain, at the sky above its summit.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Best Amazon Prime Day Storage & Organization Deals Keep the closets neat, the drawers organized, the spices in alphabetical order, and the bedding from getting wrinkled with these genius storage and organization hacks.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
Cut them in half and roast them at 425 degrees Fahrenheit (218 degrees Celsius) until the skins are charred and wrinkled.
—Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Health, 8 Oct. 2025
However, if that same button-up is wrinkled, your outfit will look seriously frumpy.
—Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
Every plot point is wrinkled or changed in some fundamental way.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2024
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
Emma noticed the fish was more aesthetically pleasing—iridescent skin, which was just slightly wrinkled and completely intact in the can.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 7 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrinkled
Adjective
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Several of the most striking photographs in the book are of the studio itself, which appears empty except for a pair of high heels reflected in a wall of mirrors or a rumpled military blanket, a favorite backdrop, pinned to a bare wall.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
8 Nov. 2025
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When our dissatisfaction came adorably clothed in rumpled flannels and baggy jeans?—
Nora Dahlia,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Their bark is ridged and furrowed, giving insects room to proliferate.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
29 Oct. 2025
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Lina glances at the ceiling, brow furrowed.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Barkov crumpled to the ice during the team’s first full preseason practice after minor contact Thursday.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, these Bormiolo Rocco glasses designed by Ross Lovegrove look like someone crumpled a regular rocks glass in their hand like a bad first draft.—
Emily Johnson,
Architectural Digest,
18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Not that there’s a direct cause and effect between botched screens and not knowing where you’re supposed to line up shortly after them, but the point is that far too often this season, the Packers have looked disheveled or inept on offense, given their talent on that side of the ball.—
Matt Schneidman,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Thompson is perfectly paired with Wilson, an actor who can go from disheveled wallflower to calculating plotter to deer-in-the-headlights comic fighter with a widening of the eye or twisting of the lips.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Like Brandon Flowers, subtle fine lines creased her forehead.—
Anna Haines,
Vogue,
23 Sep. 2025
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The interior is easily wipeable and not baggy or creased in a way that might trap liquid or crumbs.—
Adam Campbell-Schmitt,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Sheppard won’t have as scrunched a floor to run the offense.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The cast scrunched out easily, leaving curls soft and natural-looking.—
Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Few pieces of decor are as dreamy as the ones covered in faux fur, and this shaggy beanbag chair is no exception.—
Erika Owen,
Architectural Digest,
30 Oct. 2025
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For the event, the actor returned to his shaggy crew cut in his honey blonde hue — coordinating his 'stache and all.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But a big, beautiful, and sometimes messy public square that belongs to us all.—
Yolanda Watson Spiva,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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The best heroes are beloved because their choices — admirable, messy, or otherwise — are hard ones made in service of something greater.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Wrinkled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrinkled. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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