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Synonyms for Crusty (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (having a hardened crust as a covering):
encrusted, crusted, crustlike

WordNet sense 2 (overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form):
covered

WordNet sense 3 (brusque and surly and forbidding):
curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured

WordNet sense 4 (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition):
ill-natured


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