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[ kruhs-tee ] / ˈkrʌs ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR crusty ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, crust·i·er, crust·i·est.having a crisp or thick crust: a loaf of crusty French bread. of the nature of or resembling a crust. harsh; surly; rude: a crusty remark. Origin of crustyMiddle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at crust, -y1 SYNONYMS FOR crusty3 testy, prickly, touchy; curt, brusque. SEE SYNONYMS FOR crusty ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM crustycrust·i·ly, adverbcrust·i·ness, nounWords nearby crustycrustaceous, crustal, crustal plate, crusted, crustose, crusty, crut, crutch, Crutched Friar, crutchings, Crutzen Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for crustyThe crusty conservative battle-ax Phyllis Schlafly is giving speeches saying that Obama worships government like a god. RFRA Madness: What’s Next for Anti-Democratic ‘Religious Exemptions’|Jay Michaelson|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST Here, breakfast begins with a crusty cornetto alla crema served by a formal, dinner jacket-wearing waiter. Palermo Is Not Just for the Mafia Anymore|Alia Akkam|August 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Sir Mark Sykes, a crusty diplomat who had colluded with the French to give them Damascus, was more defiantly a misogynist. Gertrude of Arabia, the Woman Who Invented Iraq|Clive Irving|June 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST There are unions and crusty local politicians to contend with, and a lot of competition. Walmart’s Anti-Union Wage Plans Earn a Cold Shoulder From Big Cities|Daniel Gross|July 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But crusty old Bob Dole was surely not considered more likeable than Bill Clinton in 1996. Michael Tomasky on Mitt Romney, the Unlikable Presidential Candidate|Michael Tomasky|May 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST The card on the violets merely said: “From a crusty old critic who believes in your success.” Molly Brown's Junior Days|Nell Speed And you know what a fellow old Splinters is, the crustiest of the crusty. Cripps, the Carrier|R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore I am very fond of the yunkers, and try to be as kind to them (although I am such a crusty old fellow) as I can. Seven Frozen Sailors|George Manville Fenn Ever after in their memory this building seems the sour, old, crusty, maiden aunt of the sights of London. The Weird Sisters, Volume III (of 3)|Richard Dowling Uncle Jabez came forward, as dusty and crusty an old miller as one might ever expect to see. Ruth Fielding At College|Alice B. Emerson
British Dictionary definitions for crusty
adjective crustier or crustiesthaving or characterized by a crust, esp having a thick crust having a rude or harsh character or exterior; surly; curta crusty remark noun plural crustiesslang a dirty type of punk or hippy whose lifestyle involves travelling and squatting Derived forms of crustycrustily, adverbcrustiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to crustybrusque, cranky, sarcastic, gruff, prickly, irascible, crisp, crispy, abrupt, bluff, blunt, brief, cantankerous, captious, choleric, crabby, cross, curt, dour, harsh |