All crisp synonyms
crisp
C c adj crisp
- brittle β An object or substance that is brittle is hard but easily broken.
- smart β having or showing quick intelligence or ready mental capability: a smart student.
- crusty β Crusty bread has a hard, crisp outside.
- fresh β newly made or obtained: fresh footprints.
- crumbly β Something that is crumbly is easily broken into a lot of little pieces.
- plump β direct; downright; blunt.
- crispy β Food that is crispy is pleasantly hard, or has a pleasantly hard surface.
- brisk β A brisk activity or action is done quickly and in an energetic way.
- refreshing β having the power to restore freshness, vitality, energy, etc.: a refreshing nap.
- neat β in a pleasingly orderly and clean condition: a neat room.
- firm β not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
- short β having little length; not long.
- green β of the color of growing foliage, between yellow and blue in the spectrum: green leaves.
- clear β Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
- bracing β If you describe something, especially a place, climate, or activity as bracing, you mean that it makes you feel fresh and full of energy.
- stimulating β to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- invigorating β to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- penetrating β able or tending to penetrate; piercing; sharp: a penetrating shriek; a penetrating glance.
- clear-cut β Something that is clear-cut is easy to recognize and quite distinct.
- brief β Something that is brief lasts for only a short time.
- cutting β A cutting is a piece of writing which has been cut from a newspaper or magazine.
- provoking β serving to provoke; causing annoyance.
- biting β Biting wind or cold is extremely cold.
- tart β sharp to the taste; sour or acid: Tart apples are best for pie. Synonyms: astringent, acrid, piquant. Antonyms: sweet, sugary, bland, mellow.
- piquing β to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride: She was greatly piqued when they refused her invitation.
- spruce β any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Picea, of the pine family, having short, angular, needle-shaped leaves attached singly around twigs and bearing hanging cones with persistent scales.
- orderly β arranged or disposed in a neat, tidy manner or in a regular sequence: an orderly desk.
- tidy β neat, orderly, or trim, as in appearance or dress: a tidy room; a tidy person.
verb crisp
- rimple β a wrinkle.
- telescope β an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
- scallop β any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
- spiralling β Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- fold β to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
- grooving β a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- crisped β (especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle: crisp toast.
- frizz β the state of being frizzed.
- furrowed β a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
- scalloping β any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
- rucked β a fold or wrinkle; crease.
- curl β If you have curls, your hair is in the form of tight curves and spirals.
- crimple β to crumple, wrinkle, or curl
- purled β the action or sound of purling.
- ruched β a strip of pleated lace, net, muslin, or other material for trimming or finishing a dress, as at the collar or sleeves.
- grooved β simple past tense and past participle of groove.
- dog-ear β (in a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
- corrugate β to fold or be folded into alternate furrows and ridges
- zigzagged β a line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
- ruche β a strip of pleated lace, net, muslin, or other material for trimming or finishing a dress, as at the collar or sleeves.
- wreathe β to encircle or adorn with or as with a wreath.
- toast β a salutation or a few words of congratulation, good wishes, appreciation, remembrance, etc., uttered immediately before drinking to a person, event, etc.