scrunch | Definition of scrunch

Synonyms and Antonyms of scrunch

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

scrunched up the shirt and tossed it in the laundry

Synonyms of scrunch

crinkle, crumple, rumple, wrinkle

Words Related to scrunch

corrugate, crease, crimp, fold, pleat, pucker, ruck

crisp, ripple, ruffle

contract, furrow, knit

mess (up), muss (up)

Near Antonyms of scrunch

even, iron, press, straighten

Antonyms of scrunch

flatten, iron out, smooth, smoothen, uncrumple

2 to lie low with the limbs close to the body

the climbers scrunched down on the leeward side of a large boulder and waited for the storm to pass

Synonyms of scrunch

couch, crouch, huddle, hunch, hunker (down), squat, squinch

Words Related to scrunch

3 to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound

scrunched loose gravel with every footstep

Synonyms of scrunch

crunch, gnash, grate, grind, grit, scrape

Words Related to scrunch

creak, groan, moan, rasp, scratch, whine

clash, collide, jangle, jar