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crisping

See definition of crisping on Dictionary.com
  • as inswirl
  • as intoast
  • as inwrinkle
  • as inrimple
  • as incrimp
  • as incurl
  • as infold

synonyms for crisping

  • boil
  • churn
  • roil
  • twirl
  • whirl
  • agitate
  • coil
  • crimp
  • crisp
  • curl
  • eddy
  • purl
  • roll
  • snake
  • surge
  • swoosh
  • whirlpool
  • whorl
  • wriggle
  • crease
  • crumple
  • pucker
  • rumple
  • screw up
  • scrunch
  • compress
  • corrugate
  • crimp
  • crisp
  • furrow
  • gather
  • line
  • purse
  • ruck
  • seam
  • shrivel
  • twist
  • prune up
  • rimple
On this page you'll find 173 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to crisping, such as: boil, churn, roil, twirl, whirl, and agitate.

antonyms for crisping

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  • straighten
    • smooth
    • expand
    • grow
    • straighten
    • unfold
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      How to use crisping in a sentence

      In all cases, however, the operation is termed "crisping" in regard to jute fabrics.
      THE JUTE INDUSTRY: FROM SEED TO FINISHED CLOTHT. WOODHOUSE AND P. KILGOUR
      Then she was scorched with heat, her skin crisping up and cracking.
      IN WILD ROSE TIMEAMANDA M. DOUGLAS
      But the flame had caught the lilies, crisping them, and leaving them black.
      CONTRARY MARYTEMPLE BAILEY
      Anne reveled in the drive to the hall, slipping along over the satin-smooth roads with the snow crisping under the runners.
      ANNE OF GREEN GABLESLUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
      A fragrant aroma of coffee and bacon crisping on a fire made him realize that he was ready for a solid meal.
      THE LONE RANGER RIDESFRAN STRIKER
      She also lay white and twisting on a couch, crisping and uncrisping her little hands.
      THE LIFE AND DEATH OF RICHARD YEA-AND-NAYMAURICE HEWLETT
      The warriors had drawn close around it; the trees above were heavy with smoke, and crisping in the hot wind.
      SILENT STRUGGLESANN S. STEPHENS
      She turned her eyes from the curling, crisping foam as if to plead for some little sympathy for these views.
      THE MESSENGERELIZABETH ROBINS
      Sitting among the rocks, running through the water, and jumping the little crisping waves are the best ways to get soaked.
      WHAT SHALL WE DO NOW?: FIVE HUNDRED GAMES AND PASTIMESDOROTHY CANFIELD FISHER
      At ebb-tide the sea-beach whitened and smoked in the sun, and the hot air quivered over the stones and the crisping wrack.
      JOHN SPLENDIDNEIL MUNRO
      SYNONYM OF THE DAY
      OCTOBER 26, 1985
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