crumple
Collapse into wrinkles
Crumple means to crush or wrinkle something into a compressed, irregular shape.
Paper crumples when you ball it up; fabric crumples when stuffed into a bag.
People crumple when they collapse: She crumpled to the floor in tears.
A crumpled face shows distress.
He crumpled the letter and threw it away.
Line from folding
- rumpleTo disorder by crushing
- crinkleSmall fold or rustle
- scrunchCrush compactly
- puckerDraw into wrinkles
furrow · corrugate · fold · gather · ruffle · pleat · tuck · ridge
Crumple or bungle
- wadSoft compressed mass
- tossLight, casual throw
- throw awayRemove as unwanted
- trashDiscarded worthless material
scrunch · bunch · compress · compact · dispose · reject · waste · scrap
Shallow surface depression
deform · buckle · twist · distort · misshape · batter · smash · wreck
Frame-and-prong fastener
- cave-inUnderground passage collapse
- foldBend onto itself
- give wayCollapse or relent
- fallDescend under gravity
topple · crash · tumble · succumb · subsidence · drop · sag · sink
crease
Line from folding
pucker · furrow · corrugate · fold · gather · ruffle · pleat · tuck · ridge · seam
ball up
Crumple or bungle
- wadSoft compressed mass
- tossLight, casual throw
- throw awayRemove as unwanted
trash · scrunch · bunch · compress · compact · dispose · reject · waste · scrap · wadded
dent
Shallow surface depression
warp · deform · buckle · twist · distort · misshape · batter · smash · wreck · contort
buckle
Frame-and-prong fastener
fall · topple · crash · tumble · succumb · subsidence · drop · sag · sink · yield
break down
Fail mechanically or emotionally
- fall apartBreak into pieces
- dissolveDisperse into liquid
- collapseSudden structural failure
weep · sob · overwhelm · break · shatter · despair · grief · anguish · devastation · overcome
- collapsecollapse, cave in, cave-in, fall in, give way
- downward motionsfall, drop, descend, plunge, sink
- distortionsdistort, distorts, deform, warp, twist
- auto bodybody filler, bodywork, collision repair, dent repair, dent removal
- tie-dyespiral, bullseye, sunburst, scrunch, rubber bands
- Knockoutsknockout, KO, TKO, technical knockout, knockout punch
crumplepress
Apply force downward
iron · smooth out · straighten · uncrumple · flatten
- crumple upCompress by crushing
- crumpled paperSqueezed, wrinkled page
- crumpled up
- crumple zoneDesigned-to-deform safety structure
crumpled, crumpling, crumples, uncrumpled, crump, uncrumple, uncrumpling, crumple zones