wrinkles

nouncrinkle, fold
verbcrinkle, fold

Synonyms for wrinkles

noun crinkle, fold

Antonyms for wrinkles

smoothness

Word Origin & History

c.1400 (implied in wrinkling), probably from stem of Old English gewrinclod "wrinkled, crooked, winding," past participle of gewrinclian "to wind, crease," from perfective prefix ge- + -wrinclian "to wind," from Proto-Germanic *wrankjan (see wrench (v.)). Related: Wrinkled.

Example Sentences for wrinkles

I was full of romance and hope; now I've no romance, little hope, and some wrinkles.

It consists in "reading character" in the wrinkles made by closing the hand.

No sunlight ever made her blink, or screw her face into wrinkles.

He was already married, but wrinkles had gathered on his wife's face.

His face, small, sharp-featured and weazened, was seamed with a thousand wrinkles.

"Gracious," Aunt Twylee said; her brow knitted into a criss-cross of wrinkles.

Its face was a criss-cross of wrinkles, and it looked any age.

His face was smooth-shaven, with wrinkles at the corners of the eyes and mouth.

I burnt a hole in my lavender ones tryin' to press the wrinkles out of 'em.

She compressed her lips with an angry glance at me as if I could help her wrinkles, then she sighed.

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