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CRUSTIER Synonyms

There are 20 synonyms of the word crustier. (exact relations)
There is 0 hypernym of the word crustier. (close relations)

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harsh
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

adjective satellite

• unpleasantly stern

• unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• severe

• sharply disagreeable; rigorous

abrasive
adjectiveadj
noun

• a substance that abrades or wears down

adjective satellite

• causing abrasion

• sharply disagreeable; rigorous

bristly
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• very irritable

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

grating
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air

• a frame of iron bars to hold a fire

• optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum

adjective satellite

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

irritating
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• causing irritation or annoyance

• (used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite

• causing physical discomfort

jagged
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• having a sharply uneven surface or outline

• having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed

prickly
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• very irritable

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

rough
verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective

• having or caused by an irregular surface

• of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• not shaped by cutting or trimming

noun

• the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

adverb

• with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

• with rough motion as over a rough surface

adjective satellite

• (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

• not quite exact or correct

• full of hardship or trials

• violently agitated and turbulent

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• ready and able to resort to force or violence

• not carefully or expertly made

• not perfected

• unpleasantly stern

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

verb

• prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

scratchy
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• causing abrasion

• easily irritated or annoyed

• lacking consistency

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

rougher
adjectiveadj
adjective

• having or caused by an irregular surface

• of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• not shaped by cutting or trimming

noun

• the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

adverb

• with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

• with rough motion as over a rough surface

adjective satellite

• (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

• not quite exact or correct

• full of hardship or trials

• violently agitated and turbulent

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• ready and able to resort to force or violence

• not carefully or expertly made

• not perfected

• unpleasantly stern

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

verb

• prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

gruff
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• brusque and surly and forbidding

• deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion

inferior
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or characteristic of low rank or importance

• of low or inferior quality

• written or printed below and to one side of another character

• having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit

noun

• one of lesser rank or station or quality

• a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character

adjective satellite

• lower than a given reference point

• falling short of some prescribed norm

peevish
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• easily irritated or annoyed

surly
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace

crusted
verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective satellite

• having a hardened crust as a covering

crustlike
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• having a hardened crust as a covering

curmudgeonly
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• brusque and surly and forbidding

encrusted
verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective satellite

• having a hardened crust as a covering

ill-humored
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• brusque and surly and forbidding

ill-humoured
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• brusque and surly and forbidding

Alternatives for HARSH

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