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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

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

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