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.

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, unwrinkle, unwritten, unwritten constitution, unwritten law, unyielding, unyoke

Origin of unwrinkle

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

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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 Darwin
The eyebrows and lashes had disappeared; the skin, grown hard, could not unwrinkle.
Beatrix|Honore de Balzac