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CRINKLED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does crinkled mean?
• CRINKLED (adjective)
The adjective CRINKLED has 1 sense:
1. uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
Familiarity information: CRINKLED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
Synonyms:
crinkled; crinkly; rippled; wavelike; wavy
Similar:
uneven (not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture)
Context examples
His hair and whiskers were shot with grey, and his face was all crinkled and puckered like a withered apple.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
His cheeks were red, his brow was all crinkled with anger, and the veins stood out at his temples with passion.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He crinkled the paper viciously and resumed his reading.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
His face was thin and brown and crafty, with a perpetual smile upon it, which showed an irregular line of yellow teeth, and his crinkled hands were half closed in a way that is distinctive of sailors.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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