having a crisp or thick crust

a loaf of crusty French bread.

of the nature of or resembling a crust.

harsh; surly; rude

a crusty remark.

adjective

cheerful , happy , nice , pleasant , flexible , pliable , pliant , soft , soggy

adjective

abrupt , bluff , blunt , brief , brusque , cantankerous , captious , choleric , crabbed , crabby * , cranky , cross , curt , dour , gruff , harsh , ill-humored , irascible , peevish , prickly , sarcastic , saturnine , scornful , short , short-tempered , snappish , snarling , snippety , snippy , splenetic , surly , testy , touchy , vinegary , crisp , crispy , crunchy , friable , hard , well-baked , well-done , short-spoken , crabby , irritable , morose , stern , unamiable