crumple[verb]Synonyms:- crush, crease, rumple, screw up, scrumple, wrinkle
- collapse, break down, cave in, fall, give way, go to pieces
Antonyms: smooth
Related Words: crease,
fold,
buckle,
cockle,
wad [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
crum‧ple /ˈkrʌmp
əl/
verb[
Date: 1300-1400;
Origin: crump 'to curl up' (14-19 centuries), from crump, crumb 'bent' (11-18 centuries), from Old English]
1. [intransitive and transitive] (
also crumple up) to crush something so that it becomes smaller and bent, or to be crushed in this way:
Dan tore the page out, crumpled it, and threw it in the wastepaper basket.2. [intransitive] if your face crumples, you suddenly look sad or disappointed, as if you might cry
3. [intransitive] if your body crumples, you fall down in an uncontrolled way
crumple to The blow hit him on the head and he crumpled to the ground. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲