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unwrinkle

[ uhn-ring-kuhl ]
/ 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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Origin of unwrinkle

First recorded in 1605–15; un-2 + wrinkle1

Words nearby unwrinkle

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

squeeze, bulldoze, clasp, compress, condense, constrain, crowd, crush, cumber, depress, embrace, enfold, express, finish, flatten, hug, impel, iron, jam, level

How to use unwrinkle in a sentence

  • 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
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