crisp
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2.7
- 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.
- I breathe the crisp air and thank the holy ones.
- It had just rained and the air was crisp and cool.
- Falling leaves, crisp breezes, trees changing colors.
- Like I think I've got it into my head when I bought stuff like this that like I go on these cold, crisp winter walks through the woods.
- I love fall fashion, I love the weather, like having the windows open and just the crisp fresh fall air coming through.
Examples
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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.
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Life starts again when things get crisp in the fall.
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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.
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I love a crisp winter's day in New York City.
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"It was a crisp and clear autumn morning.
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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.
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Lucian was glad for his warm cape; the air had turned crisp, sharply scented with pine and fir.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
65
1.0
A pleasant, fairly low temperature
11
1.0
Cold, often with a thin layer of ice on the ground
10
3.7
Weather or air that feels cool and refreshes you
8
4.1
A little cold weather that makes you need a jacket
1
4.0
Briskly cold and fresh, making you feel awake
Slightly cold and fresh in a way that makes you feel awake
Giving a fresh, cool feeling like sea air
Antonyms
Compounds
How Fresh
Surface Forms
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.