wrinkle
Syllables: wrink·le/ˈɹɪŋkl̩/
wrinkle noun: a small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.
Noun (1)
wrinkle (plural wrinkles)
- A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.
- A line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue.
- Spending time out in the sun may cause you to develop wrinkles sooner.
- A fault, imperfection or bug especially in a new system or product; typically, they will need to be ironed out.
- We need to iron out the wrinkles in the plan before implementing it.
- A twist on something existing; a novel difference.
- We've added a couple of new wrinkles to the policy.
- There were now a grab bag of southern country-rock units with a new wrinkle—Black Oak Arkansas, for one, combined psychedelia, fifties rock, Hindu spiritualism, and gospel into “psycho-boogie,” or “raunch 'n' roll.”2015, Mark Ribowsky, Whiskey Bottles and Brand-New Cars
Verb
wrinkle (third-person singular simple present wrinkles, present participle wrinkling, simple past and past participle wrinkled)
- To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.
- Be careful not to wrinkle your dress before we arrive.
- her wrinkled form in black and white array'd1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto
- To pucker or become uneven or irregular.
- An hour in the tub will cause your fingers to wrinkle.
- To develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age.
- The skin is the substance that wrinkles, shows age, stretches, scars and cuts.
- To sneer (at).
- Ther's some weakenes in your brother you wrinkle at1604 (date written), Iohn Marston [i.e., John Marston], Parasitaster, or The Fawne, […], London: […] T[homas] P[urfoot] for W[illiam] C[otton], published 1606, →OCLC, (please specify the page)
Noun (2)
wrinkle (plural wrinkles)
- A winkle
Proper noun capitalized: Wrinkle
Wrinkle (plural Wrinkles)
- A surname.
wrinkle meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
wrinkle in Hindi
- wrinkle, pucker
- झुर्री jhurrī
- wrinkle, furrow
- सिलवट silvaṭ
wrinkle in Tamil
- furrow in a smooth surface
- சுருக்கு curukku
- line or crease in the skin
- சுருக்கு curukku
- to pucker or become uneven or irregular
- சுருங்கு curuṅku
- to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age
- சுருங்கு curuṅku, சுருக்குவிழு curukkuviḻu
wrinkle in Marathi
- a wrinkle or crease on the forehead, especially caused by frowning
- आठी āṭhī
wrinkle in Urdu
- wrinkle
- خراش xarāś
More languagesFewer languages
- wrinkle in Bengali
- কুঁচকানো, ভাঁজ পড়া
- wrinkle in Telugu
- ఉగ్గు uggu, ముడుత muḍuta
- wrinkle in Malayalam
- ചുളുക്ക് cuḷukkŭ, ചുളിവ് cuḷivŭ, ചുളുക്കുക cuḷukkuka, ചുളുങ്ങുക cuḷuṅṅuka
- wrinkle in Kannada
- ಸುಕ್ಕು, ಮಡಿಕೆ, ವಕ್ರರೇಖೆ, ತೆರೆ
- wrinkle in Sinhala
- විල wila
- wrinkle in Tagalog
- kulubot
- wrinkle in Arabic
- جَعْدَة jaʕda, تَجَعُّد tajaʕʕud
- wrinkle in Indonesian
- kedut
- wrinkle in Persian
- آژنگ âžang, چروک čoruk
- wrinkle in Thai
- ริ้วรอย ríu-rɔɔi, รอยย่น
- wrinkle in Vietnamese
- nếp nhăn
Examples of wrinkle in a sentence
- With his wrinkled, uneven face, the actor always seemed to play the heavy in films.
- That shirt still has a few more wrinkles to iron out.
- We need to iron out the wrinkles in the plan before implementing it.
Forms of wrinkle
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | wrinkles |
| alternative form (obsolete) | wrincle |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | wrinkles |
| present participle | wrinkling |
| past participle | wrinkled |
| past | wrinkled |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Wrinkles |
Origin of wrinkle
From Middle English wrinkle, wrynkel (“crease, fold, wrinkle”), from the verb (see below). Cognate with Dutch wrinkel (“wrinkle, crease”). Compare also Middle English runkel (“wrinkle”), from Old Norse hrukka (“wrinkle”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunkwǭ (“wrinkle, crease”), whence also French fronce (“crooked smile, scowl, frown”), German Runzel (“wrinkle”), Danish rynke (“wrinkle”), Swedish rynka and rynkla (“wrinkle”).
From Middle English wrynklen, wrinklen (“to wrinkle”), from Old English *wrinclian (attested in past participle ġewrinclod (“wrinkled, crooked, winding”)). Cognate with Middle Dutch wronckelen, wrinckelen (“to wind, wrap, meander”), modern dialectal Dutch wrinkelen (“to wrinkle”). Compare also Middle English runklen (“to wrinkle, become wrinkled”).
Words that rhyme with wrinkle
Questions about wrinkle
- What does wrinkle mean?
- Wrinkle means a small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.
- What is wrinkle in Hindi?
- Wrinkle in Hindi is झुर्री (jhurrī), सिलवट (silvaṭ). See Wrinkle meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is wrinkle?
- Wrinkle can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce wrinkle?
- Wrinkle is pronounced /ˈɹɪŋkl̩/.
- What is the plural of wrinkle?
- The plural of wrinkle is wrinkles.
Words near wrinkle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wrinkle (page history and authors); Wrinkle (page history and authors); झुर्री (Hindi) (page history and authors); आठी (Marathi) (page history and authors); خراش (Urdu) (page history and authors); wrinkle (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఉగ్గు (Telugu) (page history and authors); wrinkle (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); විල (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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