crumpled
English
Verb
crumpled
- simple past and past participle of crumple
Adjective
crumpled (comparative more crumpled, superlative most crumpled)
- Squeezed into a compact mass by irregular folds.
- Synonyms: crumply, rumply, rumpled, wrinkled, bewrinkled, rugose, wrinkly; see also Thesaurus:wrinkled
- The crumpled paper was used as packing material.
- 1784, The House that Jack Built, page 7:
- This is the Cow with the crumpled Horn, that tossed the Dog, that worried the Cat[.]
Derived terms
squeezed with irregular folds