crusty
1. [ adjective ] having a hardened crust as a covering
Synonyms: crusted crustlike encrusted
Related terms: covered
2. [ adjective ] brusque and surly and forbidding
Synonyms: gruff ill-humoured ill-humored curmudgeonly
Examples:

"crusty remarks" "a crusty old man" "his curmudgeonly temper" "gruff manner" "a gruff reply"

Related terms: ill-natured
3. [ adjective ] brusque and surly and forbidding
Synonyms: gruff ill-humoured ill-humored curmudgeonly
Examples:

"crusty remarks" "a crusty old man" "his curmudgeonly temper" "gruff manner" "a gruff reply"

Related terms: ill-natured
Similar spelling:   crust
  Cristy
  Crist
  crest
  crusted
  cryostat
  crustose
  Crowston
  crosstie
  crustlike
  Crustacea
  crosstown
  crosstalk
  Crossett
  crosscut
  Crysta
  Cristi
  Crista