Synonyms of crusty

1 Syllable
short, blunt, curt, cross, bluff, brief, dour, harsh, grim, crisp, gruff
2 Syllables
crabbed, grousing, chewy, peevish, crosser, bluffer, scornful, gally, touchy, bluffed, mumpish, crabbier, churlish, grouchier, snippy, grimmer, huffier, abrupt, curter, grouchy, crabby, huffy, gruffer, surly, cranky, gruffest, crunchiest, snarling, grimmest, chuffier, daring, surlier, brusque, crunchier, crisper, chuffy, captious, waspy, huffish, snappish, crunchy, testy, prickly
3 Syllables
snippety, unwilted, choleric, discourteous, crotchety, short-spoken, ornery, sarcastic, aweless, splenetic
4 Syllables
derisive, saturnine, irascible, cantankerous, irreverent, short-tempered, vinegary, ill-humored
5 Syllables
irreverential