Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of crumple
comparative more crumpled · superlative most crumpled
- Squeezed into a compact mass by irregular folds.
The crumpled paper was used as packing material.
1 more example
This is the Cow with the crumpled Horn, that tossed the Dog, that worried the Cat[.]
1784, The House that Jack Built, page 7Synonyms: crumply, rumply, rumpled, wrinkled, bewrinkled, rugose, wrinkly, bewrinkled
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSqueezed into a compact mass by irregular folds.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Esperanto ĉifita
- ĉifitasqueezed with irregular folds
Korean 구겨지다
- 구겨지다 (gugyeojida)squeezed with irregular folds
Persian مچاله
- مچاله (močâle)squeezed with irregular folds
Cite this entry
crumpled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crumpled
“crumpled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crumpled. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crumpled,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crumpled.
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