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unwrinkle

[ uhn-ring-kuh l ]
/ ʌnˈrɪŋ kəl /
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verb (used with object), un·wrin·kled, un·wrin·kling.

to smooth the wrinkles from.

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Words related to unwrinkle

express, hold, squeeze, crowd, move, reduce, finish, embrace, flatten, bulldoze, depress, scrunch, condense, crush, jam, pile, hug, ram, compress, squash

Words nearby unwrinkle

unworried, unworthy, unwound, unwrap, unwreathe, unwrinkle, unwritten, unwritten constitution, unwritten law, unyielding, unyoke

Origin of unwrinkle

First recorded in 1605–15; un-2 + wrinkle1
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for unwrinkle

  • Hence the Latin phrase, exporrigere frontem—to unwrinkle the brow—means, to be cheerful or merry.

    The Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals|Charles Darwin

  • The eyebrows and lashes had disappeared; the skin, grown hard, could not unwrinkle.

    Beatrix|Honore de Balzac