crusty

crust·y  (krst)

adj. crust·i·er, crust·i·est

1. Having, resembling, or being a crust.

2. Rough or surly in manner. See Synonyms at gruff.

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crusti·ly adv.

crusti·ness n.

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crusty [ˈkrʌstɪ]

adj crustier, crustiest

1. having or characterized by a crust, esp having a thick crust

2. having a rude or harsh character or exterior; surly; curt a crusty remark

n pl crusties

(Sociology) Slang a dirty type of punk or hippy whose lifestyle involves travelling and squatting

crustily  adv

crustiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	crusty - having a hardened crust as a covering crusted, crustlike, encrusted covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony"
	2.	crusty - brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply" curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

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crusty

adjective

1. crispy, well-baked, crisp, well-done, brittle, friable, hard, short crusty french loaves

2. irritable, short, cross, prickly, touchy, curt, surly, gruff, brusque, cantankerous, tetchy, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), testy, chippy (informal), short-tempered, peevish, crabby, choleric, splenetic, ill-humoured, captious, snappish or snappy a crusty old colonel with a gruff manner

Translations

crusty [ˈkrʌstɪ] ADJ (crustier (compar) (crustiest (superl)))

1. [bread] → crujiente; [loaf] → de corteza dura

2. [person] → arisco, malhumorado

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crusty [ˈkrʌsti] adj

[bread] → croustillant(e)

(= bad-tempered) [person] → revêche, bourru(e); [remark] → sec*(sèche)

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crusty

adj (+er) → knusprig; (fig: = irritable) → barsch

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crusty [ˈkrʌstɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (bread) → croccante (fam) (person) → brontolone/a; (remark) → brusco/a

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crusty [ˈkrʌstɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (bread) → croccante (fam) (person) → brontolone/a; (remark) → brusco/a

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crusty crust