crustier See {crusty} crusty adj 1: having a hardened crust as a covering [syn: {crusted}, {encrusted}, {crustlike}] 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}] [also: {crustiest}, {crustier}]