Definition of CRUSTY

crusty

Meanings

Plural: crusties

Adjective Satellite

  • having a hardened crust as a covering
  • brusque and surly and forbidding
    • "crusty remarks"
    • "a crusty old man"

Adj

  • Having a crust, especially a thick one.
  • Short-tempered and gruff but, sometimes, with a harmless or benign inner nature.
  • Of very low quality; crude visuals or harsh, granular sound.

Noun

  • A tramp or homeless young person with poor cleanliness.
  • Dried eye mucus.
  • A member of an urban subculture with roots in punk and grebo, characterized by antiestablishment attitudes and an unkempt appearance.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English, equivalent to crust + -y.

Synonyms

crusted, crustlike, curmudgeonly, encrusted, gound, gruff, harsh, ill-humored, ill-humoured, inferior, peevish, sleep, sleepy dust, surly

Scrabble Score: 11

crusty is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
crusty is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
crusty is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

crusty is a valid Words With Friends word