as in blunt
being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner
a crusty old fisherman who doesn't care to have his picture taken with silly tourists
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Recent Examples of crusty
Serve it with crusty bread and more beer for a true Super Bowl win.
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Saveur Editors, Saveur, 5 Feb. 2025
Serve with a chunk of crusty bread and the white wine used for cooking.
—Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2025
Serve with grated Parmesan cheese and crusty bread.
—Renu Dhar, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2025
For crusty bread, take off the foil and pop the loaf in the oven for no more than five minutes to crisp up the crust.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for crusty
Saveur Editors, Saveur, 5 Feb. 2025
Serve with a chunk of crusty bread and the white wine used for cooking.
—Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2025
Serve with grated Parmesan cheese and crusty bread.
—Renu Dhar, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2025
For crusty bread, take off the foil and pop the loaf in the oven for no more than five minutes to crisp up the crust.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for crusty
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crusty
Adjective
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Alsup, who was appointed by President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, has presided over many high-profile cases and is known for his blunt talk.—
JANIE HAR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Justin Bieber let fans in on his smoke break Thursday (Feb. 27), with the star sharing a carefree video of himself enjoying what appears to be a blunt or cigar while jamming out to Don Toliver on Instagram Stories.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The gruff but beloved Hackman was among the most accomplished actors of his generation, appearing as villains, heroes and antiheroes in dozens of dramas, comedies and action films from the 1960s until his retirement in the early 2000s.—
Susan Montoya Bryan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
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Ford’s actually relatively locked-in as the gruff but supportive Colonel Graff training the impressionable Ender (Asa Butterfield), who has to save the universe as all lads in these types of films tend to do.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The abrupt closure of the Russian market following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the subsequent imposition of sweeping sanctions forced most Westerners to flee, often selling their companies for a fraction of their value.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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The lack of funding is the result of the abrupt freeze in U.S. foreign aid instituted after President Trump took office on Jan. 20, along with the decision to fire or place on leave most of the 10,000 people working for the U.S. Agency for International Development.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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He was injured almost immediately in the fall of 2018 and didn’t return until February; by that time Cleveland was already in stage 1 of a painful (but, ultimately, short) rebuild.—
Joe Vardon,
The Athletic,
6 Mar. 2025
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Some knobby with new growth, some short or gigantic, some suffering or shrunken, some reaching over paths and roads.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Bongino, a 50-year-old former Secret Service agent turned conservative-media commentator, is instead most well known for his outspoken support for Trump and his frequent spreading of misinformation, including about the FBI.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
TIME,
24 Feb. 2025
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Filming their every outspoken thought and conversation whether in the newsroom, at home, on the street or in cars driving around frigid Moscow, the director channels the growing sense of dread as the government crackdown accelerates and the war nears.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Harry would’ve been grumpy and rude, making brusque jokes about inane gender stereotypes and asking direct, invasive questions about anatomy.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
6 Feb. 2025
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Commerzbank was previously targeted for takeover by the country’s largest lender Deutsche Bank, before the brusque collapse of initial talks in 2019.—
Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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There were abrasive, curt interviews with the media.—
Cam Inman,
The Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2025
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Before Rocky could reply, Rihanna interjected with a curt reaction.—
Edward Segarra,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Crusty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crusty. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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