Meaning & use

Wadded

verb·Everyday

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Pressed or rolled loosely into a compact mass, or padded or stuffed with soft material.

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He wadded up the letter and threw it into the wastebasket.

The jacket was wadded with cotton to keep out the cold.

A note on using this word

"Wadded" comes from "wad," a small compact mass of soft material, and is most familiar today in the phrase "wadded up," used for crumpled paper or fabric.

Words with a similar meaning

crumpledballed uppadded

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Words with an opposite meaning

smoothedunfolded

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