brusque and surly and forbidding; crusty remarks; a crusty old man; his curmudgeonly temper; gruff manner; a gruff reply
[ Syn: crusty , curmudgeonly , gruff , ill-humoured ]
brusque and surly and forbidding; crusty remarks; a crusty old man; his curmudgeonly temper; gruff manner; a gruff reply
[ Syn: crusty , curmudgeonly , gruff , ill-humoured ]