wrinkle 1 of 2

noun

ˈriŋ-kəl How to pronounce wrinkle (audio)
Definition of wrinklenext
1
as in furrow
a small fold in a soft and otherwise smooth surface the old woman's face creased into wrinkles as she smiled the curtains cascaded onto the floor in ripples and wrinkles

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2
as in innovation
something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination the latest wrinkle in digital photography

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wrinkle

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verb

1
as in to furrow
to develop creases or folds if you don't fold clothes promptly after drying, they'll wrinkle

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as in to crumple
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 wrinkle
Noun
The wrinkles go, like, around the cheeks and all combine at the butthole. — Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2026 The wrinkles go around the cheeks and all combine at the butthole. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
Verb
Softer interpretations of the trench were ruched, pouffed and purposefully wrinkled. — Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026 The formula contains mandelic acid (AHA) and Centella asiatica (CICA), which absorb deeply to boost skin cell turnover, helping skin look firmer and less wrinkled over time. — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 19 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wrinkle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrinkle
  1. furrow
  2. innovation
  3. crease
  4. crumple
  5. invention
  6. scrunch
  7. product
  8. fold
Noun
  • Their furrows reminded me of Rembrandt’s paintings of old men, brows carved deep by hard use and long years.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The underwater drone, tethered to the ship with cables and about the size of a small car, was just above the ocean floor as the researchers and pilots searched for furrows potentially left by whales.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of furrow
Noun
  • By 2015, New Atlas was covering innovations such as the Diamond Hotend, which combined three filament feeds into a single nozzle, although even that approach could produce waste towers when changing colors.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Some might think introducing another layer of accountability would stifle innovation.
    — Giorgos Tsetis, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of innovation
Verb
  • Roll magazines and tuck them inside your boots to prevent the boot shaft from being creased or collapsing during storage.
    — Emily Benda Gaylord, The Spruce, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The formula is designed to deliver up to 16 hours of wear without primer and is resistant to creasing, caking, fading and smudging.
    — Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of crease
Verb
  • The silver vehicle lay upside down in the Uncompahgre River, crumpled like an aluminum can.
    — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • At the beginning of a normal Friday practice in Week 11, Bowman crumpled to the grass at the Falcons’ practice facility.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of crumple
Noun
  • The Lumière brothers, makers of the cinematograph device, brought their invention to Budapest's Grand Hotel Royal in 1896 — just months after its Paris debut — and had camera operators film landmarks in the city the same year.
    — Lucy Handley, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Electric toothbrushes and waterjet flossers have dominated home dental-care since their invention some half-century ago.
    — Emma Barker Bonomo, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of invention
Verb
  • Sitting at the defendant’s table, Flynn scrunched up his face and appeared to be crying as the 911 call was played aloud.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Sheer tees scrunched and stretched in awkward ways at Brandon Maxwell.
    — Alison Syrett Cleary, InStyle, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of scrunch
Noun
  • Recent court cases have used similar arguments, framing social media to judges and jurors as defective products causing children harm.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • At Nothing’s March launch at Central Saint Martins, the London art school, more than 300 students met the company’s industrial design team and tried the products.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of product
Verb
  • Adrien Michel, winner of the 2025 le19M Métiers d’Art Prize, introduced a capsule inspired by Marcel Breuer’s Cesca B34 chair, anchored by a shirt that folds out of a leather case made with Studio MTX.
    — Tina Isaac-Goizé, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Robots learn from experiments A separate Google project tested whether agents could improve DNA aptamers, short molecules that fold into shapes capable of attaching to specific proteins.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
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“Wrinkle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrinkle. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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