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- [uhn-ring-kuh l]
- /ʌnˈrɪŋ kəl/
- /ˌʌnˈrɪŋkl /
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uhn-ring-kuh l]
- /ʌnˈrɪŋ kəl/
Definitions of unwrinkle word
- verb with object unwrinkle to smooth the wrinkles from. 1
- verb unwrinkle to remove wrinkles from 0
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Origin of unwrinkle
First appearance:
before 1605 One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1605-15; un-2 + wrinkle1
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Parts of speech for Unwrinkle
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
unwrinkle popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
unwrinkle usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for unwrinkle
verb unwrinkle
- ironing — Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- massed — a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.
- massing — a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.
- mass — the celebration of the Eucharist. Compare High Mass, Low Mass.
Antonyms for unwrinkle
verb unwrinkle
- blight — You can refer to something as a blight when it causes great difficulties, and damages or spoils other things.
- blot out — If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.
- blow away — If you say that you are blown away by something, or if it blows you away, you mean that you are very impressed by it.
- boil down — When you boil down a liquid or food, or when it boils down, it is boiled until there is less of it because some of the water in it has changed into steam or vapour.
- comminute — to break (a bone) into several small fragments
Top questions with unwrinkle
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- how to unwrinkle faux leather?
- how to unwrinkle a non iron shirt?
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