crispy

Examples

• All

• What I love right here is crispy chicken skin.

• Do you have any more of the crispy crab cakes?

  Bulworth (1998)

• That just feels crispy and fresh to me.

• And then they come out like this, all crispy and delicious.

• The point is... no one can resist a hot, crispy french fry, right?

  Blog text (8)

• Now you can roast your lamb to crispy perfection!

  Fiction book (2001)

• I would like the spicy royal crispy chicken from Burger King.

  Good Mythical Morning

• So they're nice, golden and crispy, and then you're ready to serve them.

• So my boyfriend's favorite thing in the world is a nice, fatty, crispy-skinned duck.

  Blog text (5)

• The fried chicken was perfectly crispy, making a delightful crunch with each bite.

Synonyms

C

crisp

vscrispy

47 1.0

Firm and easily broken, often fresh and not soft

is more about a brittle pleasant sound when chewed

C

crunchy

vscrispy

35 1.3

Firm and making a loud sound when you bite it

is more about a pleasant brittle feel than loudness

C

crusty

vscrispy

14 2.5

Having a hard, crisp outer layer like the top of bread

describes overall brittle bite rather than only an outer layer

C

crackly

vscrispy

1 3.9

Making small sharp sounds like dry things breaking or moving

focuses on pleasant firm brittle texture rather than just noises

C

crunchable

vscrispy

3.7

Has a firm, crisp texture and makes a crackling sound when you bite it

describes inherent brittle texture rather than just chewability

C

crumply

vscrispy

5.9

Having a crisp, crumbly texture that breaks easily

emphasizes a brittle fresh bite rather than crumbly breakage

Antonyms

M

mushy

18 2.0

Soft and wet like cooked vegetables or very ripe bananas

S

soggy

18 1.1

A wet, heavy, doughy texture in cooked food

Compounds

C

crispy bacon

1 1.0

Thin slices of pork cooked until they are firm and crunchy

C

crispy water

• Informal

9.9

Something impossible or silly that people say as a joke

How Crispy

crunchy

35 1.3

crispy

67 1.0

firm

30 1.0

soft

552 1.0

soggy

17 1.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology