crumpled

American  

[kruhm-puhld] / ˈkrʌm pəld /

adjective

1. rumpled; wrinkled; crushed.

2. bent in a spiral curve.

   a crumpled ram's horn.

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Other Word Forms

• uncrumpled adjective

Etymology

Origin of crumpled

1275–1325; Middle English; variant of crimpled, past participle of crimple

Example Sentences

By now, the paper was probably crumpled up and hard to read.

From Literature

The woman’s eyes are red and she has a crumpled tissue in her hands, a doll tucked under her arm.

From Literature

He crumpled up one of the little papers and tossed it back to Two.

From Literature

A police cap lay atop a cabinet, while a crumpled uniform sat beside a computer.

From The Wall Street Journal

It is not simply that the curators have tidied up before letting the public in: Woolf’s “writing lodge” at Monk’s House in Sussex, England, for instance, is suspiciously clear of crumpled envelopes and broken cigarette-holders.

From The Wall Street Journal