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Antonyms for crisp

Grammar : Adj
Spell : krisp
Phonetic Transcription : krɪsp

Definition of crisp

Origin :
  • Old English crisp "curly," from Latin crispus "curled, wrinkled, having curly hair," from PIE root *(s)ker- "to turn, bend." It began to mean "brittle" 1520s, for obscure reasons, perhaps based on what happens to flat things when they are cooked. Figurative sense of "neat, brisk" is from 1814; perhaps a separate word. As a noun, from late 14c. Potato crisps (the British version of U.S. potato chips) is from 1929.
  • adj brittle, dry
  • adj fresh, chilly
  • adj short, curt in presentation
  • adj smart, snappy in appearance
Example sentences :
  • He started to get up, but the marshal's crisp voice cut in on him.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Fill your salad bowl with the crisp leaves, from which the flowerhead has been plucked.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • "It hasn't been convenient to do it before," was the crisp answer.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • Marny spoke in crisp, detached sentences between the pats of his brush.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • If you baste it with any thing else, or with its own dripping, the skin will not be crisp.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Miss Georgie rose, the crisp, businesslike operator, and went to the table.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • At the end of a crisp November day I was just about starting home.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • Unless something happened, and that quickly, they would be seared to a crisp.
  • Extract from : « Pirates of the Gorm » by Nat Schachner
  • Theirs were out and could have burned him to a crisp before he could move.
  • Extract from : « In the Orbit of Saturn » by Roman Frederick Starzl
  • Set it before the fire, or put it into the oven till the bread is crisp; garnish it with carrots, or any thing that is in season.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

Synonyms for crisp

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