crumpled

English

Verb

crumpled

1. simple past and past participle of crumple

Adjective

crumpled (comparative more crumpled, superlative most crumpled)

1. Squeezed into a compact mass by irregular folds.

   The crumpled paper was used as packing material.

   • 1784, The House that Jack Built, page 7:

     This is the Cow with the crumpled Horn, that tossed the Dog, that worried the Cat[.]

Derived terms

• crumpledness

 

squeezed with irregular folds

• Esperanto: ĉifita

Anagrams

• red clump