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crumpled

[kruhm-puhld]

adjective

  1. rumpled; wrinkled; crushed.

  2. bent in a spiral curve.

    a crumpled ram's horn.



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Other Word Forms

  • uncrumpled adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of crumpled1

1275–1325; Middle English; variant of crimpled, past participle of crimple
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He had no possessions that might offer clues: no phone, no wallet, no tickets or receipts crumpled in his pockets.

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Sometimes they’d come by in the middle of a snowstorm, plastic bags looped over each arm like ornaments, and you’d feel a little flutter of guilt and gratitude as you tipped in crumpled bills.

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"Haven't we already imploded?" one party insider said to me recently, their face crumpled in their hands.

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"There were people lying on the ground, one of them was crumpled over," Mr Rashid said.

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The roof of one building had crumpled under the force of an explosion.

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