[ US /ˈkɹəsti/ ]
[ UK /kɹˈʌsti/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. brusque and surly and forbidding
    a gruff reply
    a crusty old man
    gruff manner
    crusty remarks
    his curmudgeonly temper
  2. having a hardened crust as a covering
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How To Use crusty In A Sentence

  • I do not want to see or smell your funky feet, crusty heels or unpedicured toes.
  • The resulting cake is golden, incredibly moist, light and fruity, with a slightly crusty edge, and it is very hard to stop at just one slice.
  • From the outset, she is not sure she will survive this touchy encounter with a legendary fisherman who taught her everything she knows and is one tough, crusty character.
  • Roast for a further 10-15 min until crusty and golden. Times, Sunday Times
  • That Thoreau gave the impression of being what country folk call a crusty person -- curt and forbidding in manner -- seems pretty well established. The Last Harvest
  • We met at Prefab, on a cold, blusterous winter's day, over steaming bowls of excellent chowder and chunks of crusty bread.
  • Serve the soup with crusty bread.
  • It ripples and furrows, drips in long trails, gathers in gritty, crusty patches.
  • This year it was his crusty and soft rolls, Chelsea buns, and large crusty cobs which caught the adjudicator's eye resulting in a cache of trophies.
  • Just as a crusty maiden aunt confined to a retirement home might continue to lecture her long-suffering relatives by letter, she will still be playing the duenna to an errant world, in writing.
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