crusty
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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 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" ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
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crusty
adjective
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crusty
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Translations
فَظ، سَريع الإنفعالمُحَمَّص، ذو قِشْرَةِ
nerudnýpopudlivýs kůrou
knottensprødvranten
héjasropogós
meî skorpuskapstirîur
s kôrkou
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crusty
[ˈkrʌstɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (bread) → croccante (fam) (person) → brontolone/a; (remark) → brusco/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
crust
(krast) noun1. (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 adjective1. having a crust. crusty bread.
2. surly or irritable.
ˈcrustily adverbˈcrustiness noun
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