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CRUSTY
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Irregular inflected forms: crustier , crustiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brusque and surly and forbidding
Example:
a gruff reply
Synonyms:
crusty; curmudgeonly; gruff; ill-humored; ill-humoured
Classified under:
Similar:
ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)
Derivation:
crust (the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having a hardened crust as a covering
Synonyms:
crusted; crustlike; crusty; encrusted
Classified under:
Similar:
covered (overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form)
Derivation:
crust (a hard outer layer that covers something)
