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crusty adjective (OF BREAD) having a hard outer covering : fresh, crusty bread (Definition of crusty from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) crusty suggests a harsh or surly manner sometimes concealing an inner kindliness. 1. Having, resembling, or being a crust: a crusty piece of bread. 2. Outspoken and surly. Used especially of older people. CRUSTY definition: having a crisp or thick crust. See examples of crusty used in a sentence. crusty, adj. & n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

If you describe someone, especially an old man, as crusty, you mean they are impatient and easily irritated. • Anyone who has tasted the sourdough bread made in San Francisco knows about chewy, crusty bread. • The cream paint was beginning to yellow; a couple of crusty, filling-station mugs stood on. The adjective crusty is good for describing something that is crisp on the outside, like a loaf of French bread. You can describe something with a crunchy outer layer and a softer inside as crusty, but you.