crunchiest
crunchiest is the superlative form of crunchy.
Meaning of crunchy
Adjective
crunchy (comparative crunchier, superlative crunchiest)
- Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten.
- I put some lettuce in the burger to make it more crunchy.
- Synonyms:
- crispy
- Having counter-culture sensibilities; nature-loving or hippie; wholesome, health-conscious.
- San Francisco was a very crunchy town.
- Of a chord, containing dissonant intervals.
- Of an image, pixelated, grainy, or exhibiting blocking, often as a result of oversharpening, a low resolution, or aggressively applied lossy image compression.
- This can result in the image looking very crunchy as pixels are skipped - especially if you choose the "Fit" option in the Magnification popup. Don't panic; your final image won't look that bad[…]2007, Trish Meyer, Chris Meyer, After Effects Apprentice: Real-world Skills for the Aspiring Motion Graphics Artist, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN
- Of a game, having significant calculation (number-crunching), complex analysis, or strategic optimization for players to think about.
Questions about crunchiest
- What is crunchiest the superlative form of?
- Crunchiest is the superlative form of crunchy.
Words near crunchiest in the dictionary
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