Synonyms of crumpling

crumpling

verb

present participle of crumple

1

as in scrunching

to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in

crumpled the piece of paper and angrily threw it in the wastebasket

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scrunching
• folding
• wrinkling
• crinkling
• furrowing
• creasing
• rumpling
• rippling
• ruffling
• corrugating
• puckering
• crimping
• knitting
• crisping
• pleating
• rucking
• contracting
• mussing (up)
• messing (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flattening
• smoothing
• straightening
• pressing
• evening
• ironing
• ironing out
• unfolding
• uncrumpling
• smoothening
• tidying
• neatening

2

as in collapsing

to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure

the box crumpled when I accidentally dropped a brick on it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapsing
• tumbling
• buckling
• going
• melting
• crumbling
• shattering
• yielding
• giving
• dying
• imploding
• foundering
• crashing
• going out
• giving way
• flattening
• caving (in)
• breaking
• bursting
• snapping
• smashing
• cracking
• failing
• deflating
• popping
• stalling
• splintering
• splitting
• giving out
• melting down
• breaking down
• conking (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rising
• swelling
• inflating