crumple

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb fall apart
  2. verb fold or collapse
  3. verb to gather something into small wrinkles or folds

Etymology

From Middle English crumplen, cromplen, frequentative of Middle English crumpen (“to curl up, crump”), from Old English crump (“bent, crooked”). Equivalent to crump + -le.

In classic literature

Synonyms

crumble, tumble, break down, collapse

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