CRESCENTIC Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

crescentic

adjective

Definition of crescentic

as in alveolar

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Adjective

The cause was a rare and aggressive cancer of the soft tissue, alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, according to the organizers of an online funding appeal.

— Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
Rhabdomyosarcoma is more common in children but can occur in adults, according to the American Cancer Society, and alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma typically affects all age groups equally.

— Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026

Definition of alveolar

Adjective

The white petals have gently recurved tips, giving them a delicate appearance.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
Jordan competes in the recurved bow category, which has limbs at the top and bottom of the bow that curve away from the archer.

— Claire Osborn, Austin American-Statesman, 29 July 2024

Definition of recurved

Adjective

The shoes paired with the Dolce & Gabbana dress featured a slender strap across the toes and curved straps around the top of the foot and ankle forming a diamond with concave sides.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
The convex-concave curves of the open and closed parentheses cup something said by the way, whisperings, secrets mouthed into the reader’s ear, mumbled under the author’s breath.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of concave

Adjective

Duckworth also faced backlash from critics who argued that her message was, at best, a series of hollow exhortations to simply try harder and, at worst, an insidious form of victim-blaming that ignored structural inequality.

— Meghan O’Gieblyn, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Well, that promise now rings hollow in the ears of every TSA worker today.

— Hydrick Thomas, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of hollow

Adjective

One serving size of peanuts is 1 ounce, or about the amount that would fill a cupped hand.

— Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 21 Aug. 2026
New leaves become cupped and turn pale green, the leaf edges turn yellow, and the undersides of the leaves may turn purplish.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 4 July 2026

Definition of cupped

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