crumples

VERB

make or become wrinkled

Synonyms

STRONGEST

break down buckle crush scrunch

STRONG

collapse crease crimp crinkle fall fold pucker ruck rumple screw shrivel wad wrinkle

WEAK

cave in crimple give way go to pieces rimple

Antonyms

STRONG

flatten rise smooth straighten

Example Sentences

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Crumples or no crumples, there was no denying that blue was a becoming colour.

From About Peggy Saville by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

"You may have my Crumples," screamed Zaidee, making a dive for a little white china cat that lay near by with a pile of other playthings that the children had been playing with.

From Cricket at the Seashore by Richards, Harriet Roosevelt