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wrinkled adjective [ ˈrɪŋk(ə)ld ]

• (especially of fabric or the skin) having wrinkles or slight folds.
• "you just cannot look neat with wrinkled clothes"

wrinkle verb

• make or cause lines or folds in (something, especially fabric or the skin).
• "his hands and face were wrinkled by age"
Similar: creased, wrinkly, lined, covered with lines, crinkled, crinkly, furrowed, grooved, ridged, crumpled, puckered, shrivelled, wizened, weather-beaten, time-worn, worn, leathery,
Opposite: smooth,
Origin: late Middle English: origin obscure, possibly a back-formation from the Old English past participle gewrinclod ‘sinuous’ (of which no infinitive is recorded).


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