crustyadjective
uk/ˈkrʌs.ti/us/ˈkrʌs.ti/crusty adjective (HARD LAYER)
having a hard outer layer:
fresh, crusty bread
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Various qualities of food
- citrus
- cordon bleu
- creamy
- crisp
- crispy
- crunchy
- fatty
- instant
- isotonic
- kosher
- lean
- long-life
- mild
- salt
- sugar-coated
- sugar-free
- unbleached
- undercook
- unsliced
- untouched
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Hard and firm
crusty adjective (EASILY ANNOYED)
(especially of older people) complaining and easily annoyed:
a crusty old man
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Bad-tempered
- argumentative
- bad-tempered
- be hell on wheels idiom
- be like a bear with a sore head idiom
- be spoiling for a fight idiom
- bilious
- dyspeptic
- get out of bed (on) the wrong side idiom
- grouchy
- grumpy
- have a short fuse idiom
- hell
- petulant
- pugnacious
- quarrelsome
- quick temper
- ratty
- surly
- truculent
- wear thin idiom
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crustynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkrʌs.ti/us/ˈkrʌs.ti/UK informala young person who does not live in a way that society considers normal, typically with untidy or dirty clothes and hair, and no regular job or permanent home:
Lots of crusties came into town for the festival.
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Nomadic & alternative lifestyles
- a rolling stone (gathers no moss) idiom
- beatnik
- bohemian
- boho
- communal
- commune
- flower child
- go/get back to nature idiom
- greaser
- hermit
- hippie
- nature
- New Age traveller
- nomad
- rolling
- subculture
- the Beat Generation
- underground
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