adj
Meaning 1
Having a crust, especially a thick one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
crusty
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈkɹʌsti/
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adj
Meaning 2
Short-tempered and gruff but, sometimes, with a harmless or benign inner nature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, informal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gruff, peevish, surly, harsh
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Of very low quality; crude visuals or harsh, granular sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- The door opened with a crusty squeak that echoed in the silent room.
- The old vinyl record made a crusty crackling sound as the needle hit it.
- A crusty sound came from the rusted hinges of the gate.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inferior
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A tramp or homeless young person with poor cleanliness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, informal
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noun
Meaning 5
Dried eye mucus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gound, sleep, sleepy dust
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A member of an urban subculture with roots in punk and grebo, characterized by antiestablishment attitudes and an unkempt appearance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, informal
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
Dried blood or serous fluid buildup following body piercing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
brusque and surly and forbidding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- crusty remarks
- a crusty old man
- his curmudgeonly temper
- gruff manner
- a gruff reply
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
having a hardened crust as a covering
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crusted, encrusted, crustlike
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English, equivalent to crust + -y.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 硬皮的 — having a crust
- German: krustig — having a crust
- German: Krusten- — having a crust
- Greek: ξεροψημένος (xeropsiménos) — having a crust
- Plautdietsch: kjarschtich — having a crust
- Russian: корковый (korkovyj) — having a crust
- Spanish: crujiente — having a crust
- Spanish: de corteza dura — having a crust
- Spanish: crustáceo — having a crust
- Dutch: nors — grumpy, short-tempered
- German: mürrisch — grumpy, short-tempered
- German: reizbar — grumpy, short-tempered
- Greek: κακότροπος (kakótropos) — grumpy, short-tempered
- Irish: meirgeach — grumpy, short-tempered
- Portuguese: rabugento — grumpy, short-tempered
- Russian: ершистый (jeršistyj) — grumpy, short-tempered
- Spanish: gruñón — grumpy, short-tempered
- Spanish: irritable — grumpy, short-tempered
- Turkish: huysuz — grumpy, short-tempered
- Turkish: aksi — grumpy, short-tempered
- Turkish: ters — grumpy, short-tempered
- Turkish: geçimsiz — grumpy, short-tempered