crumpled paper
Balled-up page
Paper that has been crushed, squeezed, or wadded into irregular folds and wrinkles.
Crumpled paper suggests something discarded or rejected—failed drafts tossed toward a wastebasket, wrapping torn hastily from a gift: The floor around his desk was littered with crumpled paper.
The phrase evokes frustration, creative struggle, or careless disposal.
- wrinkledHaving surface folds
- crinkledFormed small wrinkles
- balledFormed into sphere
- waddedPressed into a lump
- trashDiscarded worthless material
trash can · tossed · discarded · scrunched · texture · creased · folded · waste · bin · frustration · writer's block · draft · rough draft · mistake · throwaway · crushed · rumpled · sheet
- paper scrapsconfetti
- Damaged Thingsbroken glass, broken window, cracked screen, shattered glass, shattered mirror
- illegibilityscrawl, scribble, chicken scratch, bad handwriting, gibberish
- print flawsink smear, bleed, streaks, smudges, smearing