Meanings
comparative more wrinkled · superlative most wrinkled
- Uneven, with many furrows and prominent points, often in reference to the skin or hide of animals.
As the ocean receded from the beach it left the sand appearing wrinkled.
1 more example
Lying on the floor was a dead man, in evening dress, with a knife in his heart. He was withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage. It was not till they had examined the rings that they recognized who it was.
1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XX, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 334Synonyms: bewrinkled, rugose, wrinkly, bewrinkled, creased, lined, crinkly, purfly · Antonyms: unwrinkled
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of wrinkle
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveUneven, with many furrows and prominent points, often in reference to the skin or hide of animals.
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(of linens or clothes) not ironed
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek ῥυσός
- ῥυσός (rhusós)having many wrinkles
Arabic مُغَضَّن
- مُغَضَّن (muḡaḍḍan)having many wrinkles
Chinese Mandarin 皺 /皱, 滿臉皺紋的 /满脸皱纹的
- 皺 /皱 (zhòu)having many wrinkles
- 滿臉皺紋的 /满脸皱纹的 (bùmǎn zhòuwén de)having many wrinkles
Czech vrásčitý
- vrásčitýhaving many wrinkles
Danish rynket
- rynkethaving many wrinkles
Finnish ryppyinen
- ryppyinenhaving many wrinkles
French ridé
- ridéhaving many wrinkles
German faltig
- faltighaving many wrinkles
Greek ρυτιδιασμένος
- ρυτιδιασμένος (rytidiasménos)having many wrinkles
Hungarian ráncos
- ráncoshaving many wrinkles
Irish rocach
- rocachhaving many wrinkles
Italian avvizzito, raggrinzito
- avvizzitohaving many wrinkles
- raggrinzitohaving many wrinkles
- corrugatohaving many wrinkles
- grinzosohaving many wrinkles
Japanese しわくちゃ
- しわくちゃ (shiwakucha)having many wrinkles
Latin rūgōsus
- rūgōsushaving many wrinkles
Māori kūwhewhewhewhe, tārehe
- kūwhewhewhewhehaving many wrinkles
- tārehehaving many wrinkles
- kopakopahaving many wrinkles
- mengehaving many wrinkles
- memengehaving many wrinkles
- whewhengihaving many wrinkles
Portuguese enrugado, rugoso
- enrugadohaving many wrinkles
- rugosohaving many wrinkles
Russian смо́рщенный, смя́тый
- смо́рщенный (smórščennyj)having many wrinkles
- смя́тый (smjátyj)having many wrinkles
Spanish arrugado
- arrugadohaving many wrinkles
Vietnamese nhăn, nhàu
- nhănhaving many wrinkles
- nhàuhaving many wrinkles
Cite this entry
wrinkled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrinkled
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