ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Crinkly

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Crinkly is an adjective meaning That crinkles.

Meaning

That crinkles.

More Meanings

  1. Having crinkles; wrinkly.
  2. (derogatory) An old person.

Example Sentences

Again there was that eerie, indefinable something in Cousin Jimmy’s voice or look that gave Emily a sudden crinkly feeling in her spine.
Himself, he was a little as if made from leather, with his yellow crinkly face, and crinkly reddish hair and beard; and neat folds slanting down his cheeks to the corners of his mouth, and his guttural and one-toned voice;[…]
He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.

Word Forms

Synonyms for crinkly

Depending on context, synonyms include bewrinkled, rugose, wrinklesome, antique, wrinkly, uneven.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wavy, uneven, wavelike, rippled, scrinchy, cracking.

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