unwrinkle
[uhn-ring-kuh l]
verb (used with object), un·wrin·kled, un·wrin·kling.
to smooth the wrinkles from.
RELATED WORDS
express, hold, squeeze, crowd, move, reduce, finish, embrace, flatten, bulldoze, depress, scrunch, condense, crush, jam, pile, hug, ram, compress, squash
Nearby words
- unworried,
- unworthy,
- unwound,
- unwrap,
- unwreathe,
- unwritten,
- unwritten constitution,
- unwritten law,
- unyielding,
- unyoke
Origin of unwrinkle
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Examples 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 DarwinThe eyebrows and lashes had disappeared; the skin, grown hard, could not unwrinkle.
Beatrix|Honore de Balzac