CRUSTY

crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured

(adjective) brusque and surly and forbidding; “crusty remarks”; “a crusty old man”; “his curmudgeonly temper”; “gruff manner”; “a gruff reply”

crusted, encrusted, crusty, crustlike

(adjective) having a hardened crust as a covering

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

crusty (comparative crustier, superlative crustiest)

Having a crust, especially a thick one.

(figuratively, of a person or behavior) Short-tempered and gruff but, sometimes, with a harmless or benign inner nature.

Synonyms: gruff, peevish, surly, harsh

Of very low quality.

Synonym: inferior

Noun

crusty (plural crusties)

(chiefly, British, informal) A tramp or homeless young person with poor cleanliness.

(slang) Dried eye mucus.

Synonyms: gound (UK dialectal), sleep, sleepy dust (informal)

(chiefly, UK, informal) A member of an urban subculture with roots in punk and grebo, characterized by antiestablishment attitudes and an unkempt appearance.

Anagrams

• curtsy

Source: Wiktionary

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Crust"y (-), a.

1. Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering; as, a crusty coat; a crusty surface or substance.

2. Etym: [Possibly a corruption of cursty. Cf. Curst, Curstness.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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