CRUMPLE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CRUMPLE?

Need another word that means the same as “crumple”? Find 71 synonyms and 30 related words for “crumple” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Crumple” are: crease, crinkle, rumple, wrinkle, buckle, cockle, knit, pucker, break down, collapse, crumble, tumble, crush, scrunch up, screw up, squash, squeeze, ruck up, warp, become warped, make warped, bend, bend out of shape, become bent, make bent, twist, become twisted, make twisted, curve, become curved, make curved, distort, become distorted, make distorted, contort, become contorted, make contorted, become crooked, make crooked, deform, become deformed, make deformed, become malformed, make malformed, misshape, become misshapen, make misshapen, mangle, become mangled, make mangled, develop a fold, develop a kink, develop a wrinkle, bulge, arc, arch, give way, cave in, go to pieces, be overcome, fold, gather, furrow, ridge, line, corrugation, groove

Crumple as a Noun

Definitions of "Crumple" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “crumple” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A crushed fold, crease, or wrinkle.

Synonyms of "Crumple" as a noun (11 Words)

corrugation	A ridge on a corrugated surface.
crease	An angular or rounded shape made by folding. England were 15 for 3 overnight with Stewart and Russell at the crease.
crinkle	A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface. There was a crinkle of suspicion on her forehead.
fold	A folded part as in skin or muscle. The house lay in a fold of the hills.
furrow	A long, narrow trench made in the ground by a plough, especially for planting seeds or irrigation. There were deep furrows in his brow.
gather	The act of gathering something.
groove	A long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process such as erosion or by a tool as e g a groove in a phonograph record. His thoughts were slipping into a familiar groove.
line	Denoting an image consisting of lines and solid areas with no gradation of tone. The bill is the latest in a long line of measures to protect society from criminals.
pucker	An irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth. A pucker between his eyebrows.
ridge	Any long raised strip. A high pressure ridge helping to steer cyclones further south.
rumple	An untidy state. She left her clothes in a rumple on the floor.

Crumple as a Verb

Definitions of "Crumple" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “crumple” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased.
• Fall apart.
• Become creased, bent, or crooked.
• Crush (something, typically paper or cloth) so that it becomes creased and wrinkled.
• Fold or collapse.
• (of a person) suddenly flop down to the ground.
• (of a person's face) suddenly sag and show an expression of desolation.
• To gather something into small wrinkles or folds.

Synonyms of "Crumple" as a verb (60 Words)

arc	Form an arch or curve. The ball arced across the room.
arch	Have the curved shape of an arch. Her back arches.
be overcome	Have an existence, be extant.
become bent	Enter or assume a certain state or condition.
become contorted	Enhance the appearance of.
become crooked	Undergo a change or development.
become curved	Enter or assume a certain state or condition.
become deformed	Come into existence.
become distorted	Enter or assume a certain state or condition.
become malformed	Enter or assume a certain state or condition.
become mangled	Enhance the appearance of.
become misshapen	Come into existence.
become twisted	Undergo a change or development.
become warped	Come into existence.
bend	Bend one s back forward from the waist on down. The road bends.
bend out of shape	Bend one’s back forward from the waist on down.
break down	Break down literally or metaphorically.
buckle	Fasten with a buckle. The highway buckled during the heat wave.
bulge	Bulge outward. His stomach bulged after the huge meal.
cave in	Hollow out as if making a cave or opening.
cockle	To gather something into small wrinkles or folds.
collapse	Cause a lung or blood vessel to collapse. Collapse the music stand.
contort	Twist or bend out of the normal shape. A contorted version of the truth.
crease	Make a crease in cloth or paper. Crease the paper like this to make a crane.
crinkle	Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in. Rose s face crinkled in bewilderment.
crumble	(of something abstract) disintegrate gradually over a period of time. The easiest way to crumble blue cheese.
crush	Crush or bruise. He crushed the paper in his hands.
curve	Extend in curves and turns. The road curved sharply.
deform	Become distorted or misshapen undergo deformation. His body was deformed by leprosy.
develop a fold	Create by training and teaching.
develop a kink	Become technologically advanced.
develop a wrinkle	Superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry.
distort	Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story. The pipe will distort as you bend it.
give way	Place into the hands or custody of.
go to pieces	Move away from a place into another direction.
knit	Make textiles by knitting. A closely knit family.
make bent	Change from one form into another.
make contorted	Induce to have sex.
make crooked	Perform or carry out.
make curved	Eliminate urine.
make deformed	Create by artistic means.
make distorted	Make by shaping or bringing together constituents.
make malformed	Create or manufacture a man-made product.
make mangled	Put in order or neaten.
make misshapen	Act in a certain way so as to acquire.
make twisted	Constitute the essence of.
make warped	Make by shaping or bringing together constituents.
mangle	Press with a mangle. Mangle the sheets.
misshape	Shape or form badly or wrongly. A new novel about the way childhood trauma shapes and misshapes the life of the adult.
pucker	Draw together into folds or puckers. She puckered her lips.
ruck up	Raise.
rumple	Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased. Careful you ll rumple my outfit.
screw up	Have sexual intercourse with.
scrunch up	Raise.
squash	Squeeze or force into a small or restricted space. Wash and squash the cans before depositing them.
squeeze	Squeeze tightly between the fingers. He squeezed with all his strength.
tumble	Dry washing in a tumble dryer. The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it.
twist	Twist or pull violently or suddenly especially so as to remove something from that to which it is attached or from where it originates. The cord is all twisted.
warp	In weaving arrange yarn so as to form the warp of a piece of cloth. Moisture had warped the box.
wrinkle	Grimace and cause wrinkles on a part of the face. Her brow wrinkled.

Usage Examples of "Crumple" as a verb

• She crumpled to the floor in a dead faint.
• He crumpled up the paper bag.
• The child's face crumpled and he began to howl.
• Her composure crumpled.
• The bumper crumpled as it glanced off the wall.

Associations of "Crumple" (30 Words)

apoplectic	Relating to or denoting apoplexy (stroke. An apoplectic attack.
bend	Bend one s back forward from the waist on down. A bend in the road.
clothes	Bedclothes. Rosie got into bed and pulled the clothes up to her nose.
collapse	Cause a lung or blood vessel to collapse. She was so dehydrated that her veins had collapsed.
crease	Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased. A crease in his trousers.
crumble	A pudding made with crumble and fruit. The cookies crumbled.
flop	With a flopping sound. I m going to flop here for the night.
fray	Cause friction. Cheap fabric soon frays.
garment	An item of clothing. Fashion garments.
hem	Utter hem or ahem. He was hemmed in by the tables.
line	A line marking the starting or finishing point in a race. He drew a line on the chart.
messy	Dirty and disorderly. His messy hair.
pleat	Pleat or gather into a ruffle. She was absently pleating her skirt between her fingers.
pucker	Draw together into folds or puckers. Her lips puckered.
purse	A sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse. The purse barely covered the winner s expenses.
ripple	A thing resembling a ripple or ripples in appearance or movement. The ripples spread across the pond.
ruffle	Pleat or gather into a ruffle. Brian had been ruffled by her questions.
rumple	Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased. She left her clothes in a rumple on the floor.
seam	Put together with a seam. Sunderland have a rich seam of experienced players.
seizure	The taking possession of something by legal process. The patient had a seizure.
shrivel	Wither, as with a loss of moisture. The fruit dried and shriveled.
skirt	A garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women. The treaty skirted around the question of political cooperation.
stitch	Make mend or join something with stitches. He had to have sixteen stitches to his head.
strut	Brace something with a strut or struts. The holes were close boarded and strutted.
topple	Cause to topple or tumble by pushing. Disagreement had threatened to topple the government.
tuck	Make a tuck or several folds in. Tuck in the sheet.
tumble	Cause to topple or tumble by pushing. The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it.
undulate	Have a smoothly rising and falling form or outline. The landscape rolled and undulated for miles in every direction.
wizened	Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness. A wizened little man with frizzy grey hair.
wrinkle	Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface make a pressed folded or wrinkled line in. The dress got wrinkled.