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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
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
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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