wrinkled

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪŋkl̩d/

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• Hyphenation: wrink‧led

Adjective

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.

Derived terms

• wrinkled hornbill

 

Translations

having many wrinkles

• Arabic: مُغَضَّن (muḡaḍḍan)

  Hijazi Arabic: مُكَرْمَش (mukarmaš)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皺／皱 (zh) (zhòu), 滿臉皺紋的／满脸皱纹的 (zh) (bùmǎn zhòuwén de)

• Czech: vrásčitý (cs)
• French: ridé (fr)
• German: faltig (de)
• Irish: rocach
• Italian: avvizzito (it) m, raggrinzito (it) m, corrugato (it) m, grinzoso (it) m
• Japanese: しわくちゃ (ja) (shiwakucha)
• Latin: rūgōsus
• Maori: kūwhewhewhewhe, tārehe, kopakopa, menge, memenge, whewhengi
• Portuguese: enrugado (pt), rugoso (pt)
• Russian: смо́рщенный (ru) (smórščennyj), смя́тый (ru) (smjátyj)
• Southern Altai: чырышту (čïrïštu)
• Spanish: arrugado (es)
• Vietnamese: nhăn (vi), nhàu (vi)

Verb

wrinkled

1. simple past and past participle of wrinkle

Derived terms

• wrinkled cowry (Nucleolaria nucleus)
• wrinkled frogs (Glandivana spp.)