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  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɪŋkl̩d/
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  • Hyphenation: wrink‧led

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wrinkled (comparative more wrinkled, superlative most wrinkled)

  1. (of a surface) Uneven, with many furrows and prominent points, often in reference to the skin or hide of animals.
    Synonyms: bewrinkled, rugose, wrinkly; see also Thesaurus:wrinkled
    Antonym: unwrinkled
    As the ocean receded from the beach it left the sand appearing wrinkled.
    • 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XX, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 334:
      Lying on the floor was a dead man, in evening dress, with a knife in his heart. He was withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage. It was not till they had examined the rings that they recognized who it was.

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wrinkled

  1. simple past and past participle of wrinkle

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