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Adjective crumpled has 2 senses
- crumpled, creased, rumpled - having wrinkles; "crumpled paper"; "her skirt had become creased"; "a rumpled gray suit"
Antonyms: unwrinkled, wrinkleless (indirect, via wrinkled)
- bent, crumpled, dented - of metal e.g.; "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders"
Antonym: undamaged (indirect, via damaged)
Verb crumple has 4 senses
- crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse - fall apart; "the building crimbled after the explosion"; "Negociations broke down"
--1 is one way to change integrity
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- buckle, crumple - fold or collapse; "His knees buckled"
--2 is one way to collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit - to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips"
--3 is one way to wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp
Sample sentence:
They crumple the sheets
- rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle - become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle"
--4 is one way to fold, fold up
Sample sentences:
The sheets didn't crumple
These fabrics crumple easily
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