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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb crust which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

crusty
  1. Having a crust, especially a thick one
  2. (figuratively, of a person or behavior) Short-tempered and gruff but, sometimes, with a harmless or benign inner nature; peevish, surly, harsh.
  3. Of very low quality; inferior.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. crispy, crumbly, crisp, brittle, friable, crunchy, short, hard, well-baked, well-done, well done, flakey, embrittled, flaky, brickle, frangible, shatterable, breakable, crackling, dry, fragile, weak, delicate, frail, crumbling, powdery, pulverulent, brashy, shivery, soft, pulverizable, splintery, vitreous, shortcrust, deteriorating, deteriorated, dusty, chalky, levigated, granular, fatty, easily crumbled, flimsy, insubstantial, fracturable, destructible, shattery, easily broken, easily damaged, rigid … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “The resulting cake is golden, incredibly moist, light and fruity, with a slightly crusty edge, and it is very hard to stop at just one slice.”
      “Through his varied experience, his nature had grown irritable and crusty, and Anarchy seemed the only thing suited to right the wrongs of mankind.”
      “At his wife's insistence, the crusty old man was trying to clean up his language.”
crustaceous
  1. Resembling a crustacean.
  2. Hard, thin and brittle.
  3. Examples:
      4. “For lichens, 335 taxa were identified, which is to say 171 macrolichens and 164 crustaceous lichens.”
      “It includes spruce stands, barren areas, a variety of scrubland and peat bogs, as well as rocks covered with crustaceous lichens.”
      “In estuaries it feeds on crustaceous and molluscous animals and small fish, which it obtains by diving.”
crustal
  1. Of, pertaining to, or forming a crust, especially the crust of the Earth or other planet.
  2. Examples:
      3. “During Early Cretaceous times, there was a significant period of plutonism and crustal growth in the magmatic arc.”
      “At the bottom of the Pacific Ocean is a daisy chain of volcanoes, faults and crustal fractures.”
      “Rather, they appear as relatively small crustal domains infolded with younger, Pan-African rock assemblages.”
crustlike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a crust.
crustated
  1. Covered with a crust.
crustless
  1. (cooking) Having no crust
  2. Examples:
      3. “I skipped the skillet step, and I guess what I made could be considered a crustless quiche, but calling it a frittata is much more fun.”
      “Low tea is the tea in which crustless sandwiches, petit fours, and salmon roulades are likely to be served.”
      “They make a nice antidote to the Anglophobia of the breakfast rooms, where a persuasive case is made for polished mahogany, willowware and crustless toast.”
crustier
  1. comparative form of crusty: more crusty
  2. Synonyms:
      3. crispier, crumblier, crisper, brittler, crunchier, shorter, harder, more friable, flakier, more breakable, more frangible, drier, fragiler, frailer, weaker, more delicate, more powdery, more pulverulent, more brashy, shiverier, softer, more splintery, more vitreous, more granular, more deteriorating, dustier, flimsier, chalkier, more insubstantial, fattier, more destructible, more shattery, rigider, more inelastic, grumpier, testier, crosser, grouchier, crabbier, touchier, crankier, rattier, surlier, tetchier, pricklier, crotchetier, snappier, chippier, narkier, eggier … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Young, thrusting and ambitious, the partnership had put the wind up some of the crustier firms of Scottish beancounters.”
      “Her older and crustier crew, holdovers from her father's reign as captain, has no trouble accepting a teenager as the sole decision maker for the ship.”
      “I knew that some of the crustier publishers and critics would reject my approach.”
crustiest
  1. superlative form of crusty: most crusty
  2. Synonyms:
      3. crispiest, crumbliest, crispest, brittlest, crunchiest, shortest, hardest, most friable, flakiest, most frangible, most breakable, driest, fragilest, weakest, most delicate, frailest, most powdery, most pulverulent, most brashy, shiveriest, softest, most splintery, most vitreous, most deteriorating, dustiest, chalkiest, fattiest, most granular, flimsiest, most insubstantial, most destructible, most shattery, rigidest, most inelastic, grumpiest, testiest, crossest, grouchiest, crabbiest, touchiest, crankiest, rattiest, surliest, tetchiest, prickliest, crotchetiest, snappiest, chippiest, narkiest, eggiest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Even the crustiest old caretaker, at a word and a smile from Captain Valentine, would allow me to seat myself on the glass cases.”
      “And you know what a fellow old Splinters is, the crustiest of the crusty.”
      “You know, that feeling you get when you go to the supermarket and buy the freshest, crustiest loaf you can find.”
crusted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of crust
  2. Synonyms:
      3. encrusted, incrusted, caked, rimed, overspread, spread, spread over, covered, overlayed, overlaid, smeared, plastered, daubed, blanketed, veneered, faced, glazed, overlay, besmeared, smothered, bedaubed, surfaced, stained, applied, carpeted, painted, laminated, sheeted, varnished, mantled, inlaid, plated, enameled, enamelled, washed, brushed, foiled, dipped, coated, overlain, congealed, solidified, set, coagulated, hardened, clotted, thickened, dried, inspissated … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The hiker's boots were crusted with mud after trekking through the muddy trail all day.”
crusting
  1. present participle of crust
  2. Synonyms:
      3. encrusting, incrusting, caking, riming, covering, overlaying, smearing, plastering, daubing, overspreading, blanketing, veneering, spreading, facing, glazing, besmearing, smothering, bedaubing, surfacing, staining, applying, carpeting, painting, laminating, overlying, sheeting, varnishing, mantling, inlaying, plating, enamelling, enameling, washing, brushing, foiling, dipping, coating, spreading over, electroplating, gilding, galvanizing, anodizing, platinizing, layering, galvanising, zinking, zincing, finishing, nickeling, tinning … more
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