unironed, wrinkled
(adjective) (of linens or clothes) not ironed; “a pile of unironed laundry”; “wore unironed jeans”
wrinkled, wrinkly
(adjective) marked by wrinkles; “tired travelers in wrinkled clothes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
wrinkled (comparative more wrinkled, superlative most wrinkled)
(of a surface) Uneven, with many furrows and prominent points, often in reference to the skin or hide of animals.
Synonyms: bewrinkled, rugose, wrinkly, Thesaurus:wrinkled
Antonym: unwrinkled
wrinkled
simple past tense and past participle of wrinkle
Source: Wiktionary
Wrin"kle, n.
Definition: A winkle. [Local, U.S.]
Wrin"kle, n. Etym: [OE. wrinkil, AS. wrincle; akin to OD. wrinckel, and prob. to Dan. rynke, Sw. rynka, Icel. hrukka, OHG. runza, G. runzel, L. ruga.
1. A small ridge, prominence, or furrow formed by the shrinking or contraction of any smooth substance; a corrugation; a crease; a slight fold; as, wrinkle in the skin; a wrinkle in cloth. "The wrinkles in my brows." Shak. Within I do not find wrinkles and used heart, but unspent youth. Emerson.
2. hence, any roughness; unevenness. Not the least wrinkle to deform the sky. Dryden.
3. Etym: [Perhaps a different word, and a dim. AS. wrenc a twisting, deceit. Cf. Wrench, n.]
Definition: A notion or fancy; a whim; as, to have a new wrinkle. [Colloq.]
Wrin"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrinkled; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrinkling.]
1. To contract into furrows and prominences; to make a wrinkle or wrinkles in; to corrugate; as, wrinkle the skin or the brow. "Sport that wrinkled Care derides." Milton. Her wrinkled form in black and white arrayed. Pope.
2. Hence, to make rough or uneven in any way. A keen north wind that, blowing dry, Wrinkled the face of deluge, as decayed. Milton. Then danced we on the wrinkled sand. Bryant. To wrinkle at, to sneer at. [Obs.] Marston.
Wrin"kle, v. i.
Definition: To shrink into furrows and ridges.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
