crumpled

crumpled
/krum"peuhld/, adj.
1. rumpled; wrinkled; crushed.
2. bent in a spiral curve: a crumpled ram's horn.
[1275-1325; ME; var. of crimpled, ptp. of CRIMPLE]

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