Synonyms for wrinkle

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : ring-kuh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɪŋ kəl

Top 10 synonyms for wrinkle

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Définition of wrinkle

Origin : 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.

noun crinkle, fold
verb crinkle, fold

Example sentences :

He said if they was any longer they'd wrinkle under the arms.
Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

It had become a grimace that creased every wrinkle into prominence.
Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus

They wrinkle up their upper lips to leave their fangs exposed.
Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin

It seemed as if that kiss smoothed every wrinkle of worry from the man's brow.
Extract from : « The Story of Glass » by Sara Ware Bassett

The third might have been in a wrinkle of the bag, without your feeling it!
Extract from : « The Ocean Waifs » by Mayne Reid

It is a wrinkle which, possibly, I may some day play off in turn upon their own countrymen.
Extract from : « The Voyage of the Aurora » by Harry Collingwood

How well she knew every wrinkle in that paper, every curve in the clumsy superscription.
Extract from : « The Panchronicon » by Harold Steele Mackaye

He was gracious and added a wrinkle between his brows, and said "Gosh!"
Extract from : « The Trail of the Hawk » by Sinclair Lewis

There was not a wrinkle in my face—this was several years ago, remember.
Extract from : « A Black Adonis » by Linn Boyd Porter

She is without a wrinkle, and appears to be no more than forty.
Extract from : « The Merry-Go-Round » by Carl Van Vechten

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