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crisp

crisp

33 2.7
Pleasantly cold and fresh, making you feel awake
  • adjective
  • /krɪsp/
: fresco
  • I love the crisp air on autumn mornings when the leaves start to change colors.
  • crisp air
  • a crisp autumn day
  • a crisp morning

I breathe the crisp air and thank the holy ones.

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Examples

  • The afternoon sun was cheerful; birds swooped and babbled brainlessly in the crisp, unfiltered light.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • I love fall fashion, I love the weather, like having the windows open and just the crisp fresh fall air coming through.

  • Life starts again when things get crisp in the fall.

  • The weather turned crisp, then cold, and everyone knew that Christmas was coming.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • My favorite time of the year is when the crisp air starts rolling in.

  • I love a crisp winter's day in New York City.

  • "It was a crisp and clear autumn morning.

  • The air at this hour of the morning was fresh and crisp, with a slight nip to it.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • It had just rained and the air was crisp and cool.

  • Lucian was glad for his warm cape; the air had turned crisp, sharply scented with pine and fir.

    Fiction book (1995)

Synonyms

frosty
vscrisp
17 1.0

Cold, often with a thin layer of ice on the ground

is pleasantly cold and invigorating rather than merely icy
brisk
vscrisp
11 3.7

Weather or air that feels cool and refreshes you

focuses more on pleasant coolness rather than active stimulation
nippy
vscrisp
10 4.1

A little cold weather that makes you need a jacket

is slightly less pointed and more softly refreshing
cool
vscrisp
7 1.0

A pleasant, fairly low temperature

is colder and more invigorating rather than simply low temperature
nipping
vscrisp
1 3.5

Slightly cold and fresh in a way that makes you feel awake

is milder and more gently invigorating
snappy
vscrisp
1 4.0

Briskly cold and fresh, making you feel awake

is more gently fresh rather than sharply brisk
caller
vscrisp
  • Archaic
9.9

Giving a fresh, cool feeling like sea air

is more widely used and slightly more invigorating

Antonyms

53 1.1

No longer fresh and pleasant to eat

46 1.0

Air that has a lot of water and feels damp

Compounds

3 1.6

A neatly pressed shirt that looks clean and sharp

1 7.9

A thin hard sweet made with honey that breaks easily

How Fresh

bracing
8 3.9
crisp
33 2.7
brisk
11 3.7
cool
296 1.0
stale
53 1.1

Surface Forms

crisp positive
crisper comparative
crispiest superlative

Etymology

Crisp grew from the old word crispus (originally 'curly') to a sense of being 'sharp' and clear, and people began to use it for air that feels fresh and lively; so a 'crisp' day is pleasantly cold and invigorating.