About The Word Crusty
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Crusty
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What's The Definition Of Crusty?
[adj] brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"
[adj] having a hardened crust as a covering Synonyms | Synonyms for Crusty: covered | crusted | crustlike | curmudgeonly | encrusted | gruff | ill-humored | ill-humoured | ill-natured Related Terms | Find terms related to Crusty: abrupt | aggressive | backed | barnyard | bearish | beastly | biggety | bitchy | bluff | blunt | brash | brief | brusque | calcified | callous | calloused | cankered | cantankerous | case-hardened | cavalier | cheeky | choleric | churlish | chutzpadik | coarse | cocky | contemptuous | crabbed | cranky | cross | cross-grained | crusted | crystallized | curt | cussed | derisive | dirty | disagreeable | disrespectful | dour | excitable | facy | feisty | filthy | flip | flippant | fossilized | foul | fractious | fresh | gally | granulated | gratuitous | gross | gruff | hardened | harsh | hornified | huffish | huffy | impertinent | impudent | incrusted | indurate | indurated | irascible | irritable | lapidified | malapert | mean | nervy | ornery | ossified | pert | perverse | petrified | rank | raunchy | reinforced | rigidified | rough | rude | sassy | saturnine | saucy | sclerotic | set | severe | sharp | short | smart | smart-alecky | smart-ass | snappish | snippety | snippy | solidified | spiteful | spleeny | splenetic | steeled | stiffened | strengthened | surly | testy | toughened | truculent | ugly | uncalled-for | vitrified | waspish | wise-ass See Also | Crusty In Webster's Dictionary \Crust"y\ (-[y^]), a.
1. Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering;
as, a crusty coat; a crusty surface or substance.
2. [Possibly a corruption of cursty. Cf. {Curst},
{Curstness}.] Having a hard exterior, or a short, rough
manner, though kind at heart; snappish; peevish; surly.
Thou crusty batch of nature, what's the news?
--Shak.
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