Crusty

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  • adjective. Having, resembling, or being a crust.
  • adjective. Outspoken and surly. Used especially of older people.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Like crust; of the nature of crust; hard: as, a crusty surface or substance.
  • Peevish; snappish; surly; harshly curt in manner or speech.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering.
  • adjective. Having a hard exterior, or a short, rough manner, though kind at heart; snappish; peevish; surly.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Pertaining to or having a crust, as, for example, in the case of bread.
  • adjective. Short-tempered and gruff but, sometimes, with a harmless or benign inner nature; peevish, surly, harsh.
  • noun. A tramp or homeless young person with poor cleanliness.
  • noun. Dried eye mucus.
  • noun. A member of an urban subculture with roots in punk and grebo, characterized by antiestablishment attitudes and an unkempt appearance.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. brusque and surly and forbidding
  • adjective. having a hardened crust as a covering
  • Word Usage
    "Selig, crusty from the criticism that surrounds his decision, stuck with his position that there were no other choices."
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    Dusty  busty  dusty  gusty  lusty  
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