crumple up
Crush into ball
To crumple up is to crush something into a compressed, wrinkled mass, typically paper or fabric: She crumpled up the letter and threw it away.
The "up" intensifies the action—crumpling suggests wrinkling, but crumpling up implies finishing the job, reducing something to a ball.
It often signals rejection or frustration with what's being discarded.
Line from folding
- rumpleTo disorder by crushing
- crinkleSmall fold or rustle
- puckerDraw into wrinkles
- rufflePleated fabric edging
furrow · scrunch · crimp · corrugate · distort · deform · shrivel · mangle
Compress with force
- squashFlatten by pressure
- squeezeFirm bilateral compression
- mashCrushed soft mixture
- scrunchCrush compactly
compact · press · ball · wad · condense · flatten · smash · deflate
crease
Line from folding
ruffle · furrow · scrunch · crimp · corrugate · distort · deform · shrivel · mangle · twist
crush
Compress with force
scrunch · compact · press · ball · wad · condense · flatten · smash · deflate · bunch
toss
Light, casual throw
- throw awayRemove as unwanted
- trashDiscarded worthless material
- wadSoft compressed mass
ball up · dispose · reject · scrap · bin · ditch · cast aside · bunch up · waste · garbage
sheet
Flat rectangular material
newspaper · document · napkin · tissue · wrapper · draft · page · bill · memo · flyer
crumple upsmooth out
Eliminate irregularities
flatten · straighten out · iron out · press · iron