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crust·y

(krŭs′tē)

adj. crust·i·er, crust·i·est

1. Having, resembling, or being a crust: a crusty piece of bread.

2. Outspoken and surly. Used especially of older people.

crust′i·ly adv.

crust′i·ness n.

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crusty

(ˈkrʌstɪ)

adj, crustier or 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

ˈcrustily adv

ˈcrustiness n

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crust•y

(ˈkrʌs ti)

adj. crust•i•er, crust•i•est.

1. having a crisp or thick crust: crusty bread.

2. of the nature of or resembling a crust.

3. testy or surly.

[1350–1400]

crust′i•ly, adv.

crust′i•ness, n.

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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

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

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

crusty

adjective

Rudely unceremonious:

abrupt, blunt, brief, brusque, curt, gruff, short, short-spoken.

Translations

فَظ، سَريع الإنفعالمُحَمَّص، ذو قِشْرَةِ

nerudnýpopudlivýs kůrou

knottensprødvranten

krustig reizbar

ξεροψημένος

bourru

héjasropogós

meî skorpuskapstirîur

crostoso

nors

skorpet

s kôrkou

aksikabukluters

执拗的易发脾气的有硬皮的

crusty

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

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

2. [person] → arisco, malhumorado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

crusty

[ˈkrʌsti] adj

[bread] → croustillant(e)

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

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

crusty

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

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

crusty

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

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

crust

(krast) noun

1. (a piece of) the hard outside coating of bread. The child would not eat the crusts.

2. (American) pastry. She makes excellent pie crust.

3. a hard surface especially the outer layer of the earth.

ˈcrusty adjective

1. having a crust. crusty bread.

2. surly or irritable.

ˈcrustily adverb

ˈcrustiness noun

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