From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006): crusty adj 1: having a hardened crust as a covering [syn: crusted, encrusted, crusty, crustlike] 2: brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply" [syn: crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill- humored, ill-humoured]
crusty adj 1: having a hardened crust as a covering [syn: crusted, encrusted, crusty, crustlike] 2: brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply" [syn: crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill- humored, ill-humoured]