All crumbly synonyms
crum·bly
C c adj crumbly
- soft — yielding readily to touch or pressure; easily penetrated, divided, or changed in shape; not hard or stiff: a soft pillow.
- powdery — consisting of or resembling powder: powdery sand; powdery clouds.
- breakable — Breakable objects are easy to break by accident.
- crisp — Food that is crisp is pleasantly hard, or has a pleasantly hard surface.
- crunchy — Food that is crunchy is pleasantly hard or crisp so that it makes a noise when you eat it.
- decayed — having rotted as a result of bacterial, fungal, or chemical action; decomposed
- deteriorated — Become progressively worse.
- fragile — brittle
- frail — having delicate health; not robust; weak: My grandfather is rather frail now.
- friable — easily crumbled or reduced to powder; crumbly: friable rock.
- rotten — decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- short — having little length; not long.
- worn — past participle of wear.
- frangible — easily broken; breakable: Most frangible toys are not suitable for young children.
- shivery — readily breaking into shivers or fragments; brittle.
- degenerated — to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate: The morale of the soldiers degenerated, and they were unable to fight.
- deteriorating — Become progressively worse.
- oxidized — to convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen.
- perishing — causing destruction, ruin, extreme discomfort, or death: lost in the perishing cold.
- pulverise — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- rotted — to undergo decomposition; decay.
- rusted — Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.