Adjective: crusty (crustier,crustiest) krús-tee
- Having a hardened crust as a covering
"The bread had a perfectly crusty exterior";
- crusted, encrusted, crustlike
- Brusque and surly and forbidding
"crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man";
- curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored [US], ill-humoured [Brit, Cdn]
Derived forms: crustier, crustiest
See also: covered, ill-natured
Encyclopedia: Crusty