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What is the adjective for crumb?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs crumb and crumble which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

crummy
  1. (informal) Bad; poor.
  2. (dated) Full of crumb or crumbs; crumby.
  3. (dated) Soft, like the crumb of bread; not crusty.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. abysmal, atrocious, awful, imperfect, inadequate, insufficient, mediocre, abject, appalling, crude, defective, dreadful, tinny, deplorable, disagreeable, execrable, faulty, inferior, lamentable, pitiful, poor, uncomfortable, unpleasant, bad, bum, deficient, diabolical, dire, dismal, frightful, hateful, horrible, nasty, substandard, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, wretched, below par, bush, dissatisfactory, duff, grotty, ill, lame, lousy, miserable, off, paltry, pants, punk … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “She couldn't help but dwell on her failures, screw-ups, and her crummy life.”
      “I began feeling crummy again, so halfway through the meeting, I left and went home to take some medicine and go to bed.”
crumby
  1. Alternative spelling of crummy
  2. Crumbly; inclined to break into crumbs.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. unacceptable, inferior, poor, substandard, unsatisfactory, bad, lousy, deficient, wretched, crummy, mediocre, inadequate, subpar, dissatisfactory, suboptimal, lame, shoddy, wanting, paltry, deplorable, pathetic, imperfect, lamentable, execrable, abysmal, pitiful, wrong, wack, punk, miserable, faulty, dismal, rubbishy, bush, dire, diabolical, defective, trashy, off, worthless, sad, insufficient, disappointing, crude, sorry, abject, abominable, woeful, contemptible, horrible … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The Japanese never took those toxic assets off their banks and for that reason they experienced ten years of an absolutely crumby economy.”
      “There was this great interest in this crumby little things going on down at Circular Quay.”
      “This helps create steam, which lifts and puffs the crumby crust away from the meat, helping it turn golden and intensifying the crunch.”
crumbless
  1. Not containing crumbs; without crumbs.
  2. That does not produce crumbs.
crumbly
  1. easy to break into small fragments; brittle or friable
  2. Synonyms:
      3. crispy, brittle, crisp, friable, flaky, embrittled, flakey, breakable, short, brickle, crunchy, fragile, frangible, powdery, pulverulent, brashy, frail, pulverizable, shivery, soft, granular, crusty, crumbling, hard, delicate, weak, shatterable, dry, shortcrust, deteriorating, deteriorated, dusty, chalky, levigated, fatty, easily crumbled, crackling, splintery, rigid, well-done, well-baked, inelastic, vitreous, well done, scaly, peeling, blistered, blistering, chipped, flaking … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The filling and dough blended into one another, forming a gradual progression from crumbly shell to moist, fresh cheese.”
      “Until comparatively recent times, the crumbly walls of the old building could be seen from the railway.”
crumblesome
  1. Characterised or marked by crumbling
crumblable
  1. (rare) Able to crumble or be crumbled.
crumblike
  1. Resembling a crumb or crumbs.
crumblier
  1. comparative form of crumbly: more crumbly
  2. Synonyms:
      3. crispier, brittler, crisper, flakier, shorter, crunchier, fragiler, frailer, shiverier, softer, more friable, more breakable, more frangible, more powdery, more pulverulent, more brashy, more granular, weaker, more delicate, more deteriorating, more decrepit, flimsier, more ramshackle, more splintery, more derelict, more dilapidated, more vulnerable, crustier, ricketier, more destructible, harder, rottener, more insubstantial, feebler, more smashable, more shattery, drier, more unsound, finer, more vitreous, more unstable, more destroyable, daintier, more eggshell, dustier, chalkier, fattier, tenderer, more precarious, more insecure … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “With Europe in the doldrums, these dwellings are likely to remain empty, and getting crumblier and uglier by the day, for the foreseeable future.”
      “Our intention is to top-dress the track at least three times a year with this sand and get it worked through the soil structure to create a more balanced, crumblier soil.”
      “Tempeh is firmer and crumblier and has a stronger, sour flavor.”
crumbliest
  1. superlative form of crumbly: most crumbly
  2. Synonyms:
      3. crispiest, brittlest, crispest, flakiest, shortest, crunchiest, fragilest, frailest, shiveriest, softest, most friable, most breakable, most frangible, most powdery, most pulverulent, most brashy, most granular, weakest, most delicate, most deteriorating, most decrepit, flimsiest, most ramshackle, most splintery, most derelict, most dilapidated, most vulnerable, crustiest, ricketiest, most destructible, hardest, rottenest, most insubstantial, feeblest, most smashable, most shattery, driest, most unsound, finest, most vitreous, most unstable, most destroyable, daintiest, most eggshell, dustiest, chalkiest, fattiest, tenderest, most precarious, most insecure … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “You can use the fanciest, stinkiest, crumbliest cheese your heart desires if you borrow a trick from the food scientists at Kraft.”
      “All the bird wanted was a peck of that crumbliest, milkiest chocolate.”
crumbier
  1. comparative form of crumby: more crumby
  2. Synonyms:
      3. poorer, badder, lousier, wretcheder, crummier, lamer, shoddier, paltrier, pitifuller, wacker, punker, miserabler, faultier, direr, trashier, sadder, cruder, sorrier, abjecter, woefuller, horribler, cruddier, dodgier, tattier, lower, meagerer, meagrer, more unacceptable, more substandard, more unsatisfactory, more deficient, more mediocre, more inadequate, more dissatisfactory, more wanting, more deplorable, more pathetic, more imperfect, more lamentable, more execrable, more abysmal, more wrong, more dismal, more rubbishy, more bush, more diabolical, more defective, more off, more worthless, more insufficient … more
crumbiest
  1. superlative form of crumby: most crumby
  2. Synonyms:
      3. poorest, baddest, lousiest, wretchedest, crummiest, lamest, shoddiest, paltriest, pitifullest, wackest, punkest, miserablest, faultiest, direst, trashiest, saddest, crudest, sorriest, abjectest, woefullest, horriblest, cruddiest, dodgiest, tattiest, lowest, meagerest, meagrest, most unacceptable, most substandard, most unsatisfactory, most deficient, most mediocre, most inadequate, most dissatisfactory, most wanting, most deplorable, most pathetic, most imperfect, most lamentable, most execrable, most abysmal, most wrong, most dismal, most rubbishy, most bush, most diabolical, most defective, most off, most worthless, most insufficient … more
crumbed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of crumb
  2. Synonyms:
      3. crumbled, crushed, fragmented, pounded, pulverised, pulverized, granulated, ground, grinded, powdered, triturated, brayed, comminuted, levigated, powderized, broke up, broken up, breadcrumbed, sprinkled, strewed, strewn … more
crumbing
  1. present participle of crumb
  2. Synonyms:
      3. crumbling, crushing, fragmenting, pounding, pulverising, pulverizing, granulating, grinding, powdering, triturating, braying, comminuting, levigating, powderizing, breaking up, breadcrumbing, sprinkling, strewing … more
crumbled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of crumble
  2. Synonyms:
      3. collapsed, disintegrated, fragmented, smashed, beat, beaten, broke up, broken up, caved in, fell apart, fallen apart, fell to pieces, fell down, fallen down, broke down, broken down, tumbled down, went to pieces, gone to pieces, came apart at the seams, come apart at the seams, came to dust, come to dust, went to rack and ruin, gone to rack and ruin, split, shattered, splintered, burst, come apart, fractured, rived, divided, shivered, busted, dismembered, disrupted, separated, split up, broke, broken, brake, came apart, disunited, fell to bits, fallen to bits, come to pieces, riven, rove, exploded … more
crumbling
  1. present participle of crumble
  2. Synonyms:
      3. giving up, surrendering, yielding, submitting, capitulating, succumbing, conceding, relenting, acquiescing, quitting, deferring, ceding, falling, folding, blinking, giving in, caving in, crying Uncle, backing down, knuckling under, admitting defeat, conceding defeat, accepting defeat, throwing in the towel, showing the white flag, buckling under, going under, waving the white flag, eating humble pie, throwing in the sponge, laying down arms, rolling over, tossing it in, putting up white flag, raising the white flag, bowing, budging, complying, giving way, packing it in, giving up the struggle, laying down, acceding, bowing to, coming to terms, giving away the store, crying uncle, going along with, going down, eating crow … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The new visitor center will replace the current crumbling museum building, which is suffering from damp and dry rot.”
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