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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

wrinkled en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɪŋkl̩d/
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. (of a surface) Uneven, with many furrows and prominent points, often in reference to the skin or hide of animals.
    • Lying on the floor was a dead man, in evening dress, with a knife in his heart. He was withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage. It was not till they had examined the rings that they recognized who it was. 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XX, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 334:
    • As the ocean receded from the beach it left the sand appearing wrinkled.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more wrinkled Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most wrinkled Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

nonwrinkled · wrinkleless · unwrinkled · unwrinkled · wrinkle-free

Deriveds

wrinkled hornbill

Hypernyms

rough · elderly · deteriorated

Hyponyms

merulioid · shriveled · weazened · shrivelled · wrizzled · wrizled

Synonyms

creased · purfly · lined · wurly · rimpled · rugose · rugous · wurlie · bewrinkled · writhled · wrinkly · crinkly · rumpled · wrinkled · wrinkly · wrinklesome · pruny · ruckly · bewrinkled · rouched · rugose · rugate

Translations (33)

cs vrásčitý (having many wrinkles) · ga rocach (having many wrinkles) · cmn 皺 /皱 (having many wrinkles) · pt rugoso (having many wrinkles) · it grinzoso (having many wrinkles) · es arrugado (having many wrinkles) · de faltig (having many wrinkles) · cmn 滿臉皺紋的 /满脸皱纹的 (having many wrinkles) · ar مُغَضَّن (having many wrinkles) · mi whewhengi (having many wrinkles) · hu ráncos (having many wrinkles) · da rynket (having many wrinkles) · vi nhăn (having many wrinkles) · ru смя́тый (having many wrinkles) · mi kopakopa (having many wrinkles) · la rūgōsus (having many wrinkles) · el ρυτιδιασμένος (having many wrinkles) · mi kūwhewhewhewhe (having many wrinkles) · pt enrugado (having many wrinkles) · grc ῥυσός (having many wrinkles) · it avvizzito (having many wrinkles) · acw مُكَرْمَش (having many wrinkles) · fr ridé (having many wrinkles) · mi menge (having many wrinkles) · vi nhàu (having many wrinkles) · mi memenge (having many wrinkles) · ja しわくちゃ (having many wrinkles) · ru смо́рщенный (having many wrinkles) · it corrugato (having many wrinkles) · it raggrinzito (having many wrinkles) · alt чырышту (having many wrinkles) · fi ryppyinen (having many wrinkles) · mi tārehe (having many wrinkles)