Imparting vitality and energy; SYN. brisk, energizing, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic.
(Casual) Altogether new.
Conspicuously new; SYN. bran-new, spic-and-span, spick-and-span. brand new
ETYM AS. crisp, from Latin crispus; cf. carpere to pluck, card (wool), and Eng. harvest. Related to Crape.
1. Tender and brittle; SYN. crispy.
2. Brief and to the point; effectively cut short; SYN. curt, laconic, terse.
3. In small tight curls; SYN. frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy.
4. Pleasantly cold and invigorating; ('parky' is a British term); SYN. frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy, parky.
5. Pleasingly firm and fresh and making a crunching noise when chewed; SYN. firm, crunchy.
6. (Of something seen or heard) Clearly defined; SYN. sharp.
1. (Of a cycle) Beginning or occurring again.
2. Having recently calved and therefore able to give milk.
3. Improperly forward or bold; SYN. impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy.
4. Not canned or otherwise preserved.
5. Not containing or composed of salt water.
6. Not soured or preserved; SYN. sweet.
7. Not stale or old.
8. Not yet used or soiled; SYN. unused.
9. Of a kind not seen before; SYN. new, novel.
10. With restored energy; SYN. invigorated, refreshed, reinvigorated.
11. Not artificial.
ETYM Old Fren. gorgias beautiful, glorious, vain, luxurious; cf. Old Fren. gorgias ruff, neck handkerchief, and French gorge throat, and se pengorger to assume airs. Related to Gorge.
Dazzlingly beautiful.
The property of being green; resembling the color of growing grass; SYN. greenness, viridity.
1. Referring to physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
2. (Color) Bold and intense
3. Having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity
4. Newly made
5. Newest or most recent; SYN. red-hot.
6. Characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense; SYN. raging.
7. Sexually excited or exciting
8. Capable of quick response and great speed
9. Having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm
10. Having or bringing unusually good luck
11. Extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm
12. Very good; often used in the negative
13. Very unpleasant or even dangerous
14. (Electricity) Charged or energized with electricity; SYN. live.
15. Wanted by the police
16. (Informal) Marked by excited activity
17. (Informal) Performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy
18. (Informal) Recently stolen or smuggled
19. (Informal) Very popular or successful
20. (Music) Emotionally charged and intense and marked by strong rhythms and improvisation
ETYM Abbreviated from alive. Related to Alive, Life.
1. Having life; SYN. living.
2. Showing characteristics of life; exerting force or containing energy.
3. Of current relevance.
4. Actually being performed (or--for the audience--present) at the time of viewing; SYN. unrecorded.
5. Charged with an explosive.
6. (Printing) In current use or ready for use.
7. (Informal) Abounding with life and energy.
Highly reverberant.
1. Not married; virgin of a female animal; never yet mated; never having borne young
2. Of, relating to, or befitting a maiden
3. First, earliest
(Homonym: gnu, knew, nu).
1. Having no previous example or precedent or parallel; SYN. unexampled.
2. (Often followed by 'to') Unfamiliar; SYN. new to.
3. Not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered.
4. Unaffected by use or exposure.
5. Other than the former one; different.
ETYM Latin recens, -entis: cf. French récent.
1. Being new in a time not long past.
2. Near to or not long before the present.
ETYM French verdoyant, p. pr. of verdoyer to be verdant, to grow green, Old Fren. verdoier, verdeier, from verd, vert, green, from Latin viridis green, from virere to be green.
Green with growing things.
Green.
1. Having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
2. Characterized by liveliness or excitement or disagreement
3. (Color) Inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows
4. Psychologically warm; friendly and responsive
5. Uncomfortable because of possible danger or trouble
6. Of a seeker (in games): near to the object sought; SYN. hot.
Suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh; SYN. vernal.