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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. having a hardened crust as a covering;
[syn: crusted, encrusted, crusty, crustlike]

2. brusque and surly and forbidding;
- Example: "crusty remarks"
- Example: "a crusty old man"
- Example: "his curmudgeonly temper"
- Example: "gruff manner"
- Example: "a gruff reply"
[syn: crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Crusty \Crust"y\ (-[y^]), a.
   1. Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering;
      as, a crusty coat; a crusty surface or substance.
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   2. [Possibly a corruption of cursty. Cf. Curst,
      Curstness.] Having a hard exterior, or a short, rough
      manner, though kind at heart; snappish; peevish; surly.
      [1913 Webster]

            Thou crusty batch of nature, what's the news?
                                                  --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

crusty
    adj 1: having a hardened crust as a covering [syn: crusted,
           encrusted, crusty, crustlike]
    2: brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty
       old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff
       reply" [syn: crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-
       humored, ill-humoured]