crusty 
1. having a hardened crust as a covering • Syn: crusted, encrusted, crustlike • Similar to: covered • Derivationally related forms: crust 2. brusque and surly and forbidding - crusty remarks - a crusty old man - his curmudgeonly temper - gruff manner - a gruff reply • Syn: curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured • Similar to: ill-natured • Derivationally related forms: gruffness (for: gruff), curmudgeon (for: curmudgeonly), crust
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