crumpled
Squashed into wrinkles
Crumpled describes something that has been crushed or pressed into irregular folds and creases, losing its smooth or flat form.
Paper, fabric, and metal are commonly crumpled—a crumpled receipt found in a pocket, crumpled sheets on an unmade bed, the crumpled hood of a car after a collision.
When applied to faces, crumpled suggests features contracting in distress: Her face crumpled when she heard the news.
The word conveys both physical deformation and, figuratively, emotional collapse.
Crushed into compact mass
crinkled · scrap · note · letter · receipt · discarded · tossed · wastepaper
Crinkled from neglect
- wrinkledHaving surface folds
- creasedBearing pressed lines
- bunchedGrouped tightly together
- gatheredBrought into one place
puckered · linen · cotton · silk · bedsheets · clothing · curtains · tablecloth
Eroded by exposure
- wrinkledHaving surface folds
- creasedBearing pressed lines
- linedMarked with parallel marks
- furrowedMarked with grooves
wizened · worn · time-worn · papery · fragile · delicate · thinned · brittle
Sank or drooped heavily
- hunchedBent at spine
- collapsedFell inward suddenly
- deflatedEmptied of pressure
- saggingBending downward weakly
drooping · limp · defeated · exhausted · fallen · bent · folded · broken
Marked with grooves
- scrunchedCrushed into compact mass
- contortedTwisted unnaturally
- puckeredDrawn into wrinkles
- grimacingDistorting face unpleasantly
tearful · anguished · distressed · pained · weeping · sobbing · pinched · scowling
Fell inward suddenly
- flattenedMade smooth or level
- smashedBroken or intoxicated
- compressedReduced by pressure
- squashedCrushed by force
mangled · dented · buckled · wrecked · demolished · totaled · accordioned · impacted
scrunched
Crushed into compact mass
folded · crinkled · scrap · note · letter · receipt · discarded · tossed · wastepaper · origami
rumpled
Crinkled from neglect
gathered · puckered · linen · cotton · silk · bedsheets · clothing · curtains · tablecloth · napkin
weathered
Eroded by exposure
furrowed · wizened · worn · time-worn · papery · fragile · delicate · thinned · brittle · faded
slumped
Sank or drooped heavily
sagging · drooping · limp · defeated · exhausted · fallen · bent · folded · broken · despondent
furrowed
Marked with grooves
grimacing · tearful · anguished · distressed · pained · weeping · sobbing · pinched · scowling · wincing
collapsed
Fell inward suddenly
- flattenedMade smooth or level
- smashedBroken or intoxicated
- compressedReduced by pressure
squashed · mangled · dented · buckled · wrecked · demolished · totaled · accordioned · impacted · fender
- damageddamaged, broken, wrecked, ruined, destroyed
- paper conditionsyellowed, faded, torn, creased, wrinkled
- laundry statesclean, dirty, wet, dry, damp
- wrinkledwrinkly, creased, crinkled, furrowed, lined
- compressedcompressed, compacted, squeezed, squashed, crushed
- leaf foldingconvolute, involute, revolute, imbricate, cochlear
crumpledsmooth
Without roughness or difficulty
flat · ironed · pressed · smoothed · unwrinkled
crumpledundamaged
Free from harm
intact · pristine · unbent · uncrumpled · perfect
crumpledpristine
Pure and untouched
undamaged · immaculate · intact · perfect · unblemished
- crumple upCompress by crushing
- crumpled paperSqueezed, wrinkled page
- crumpled up
- crumple zoneDesigned-to-deform safety structure