crustiness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crustiness
Noun
  • The Dolphins knew in the spring that Jalen Ramsey’s tardiness and surliness did not fit the culture that the organization wanted to build.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At one point, her crankiness about being underappreciated for her domestic efforts is blamed, without irony, on her period.
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • There were no fights, not even a sense of testiness, at the Denver Broncos and San Francisco 49ers’ joint practice Thursday.
    Vic Tafur, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The irritability or walking into a room only to forget why seconds later.
    Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This could look like mood swings, irritability, hostility, feelings of depression, and thoughts of suicide or self-harm.
    Ashleigh N. DeLuca, Parents, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • One study found that ginger supplements can improve symptoms of functional dyspepsia, a common gastrointestinal disorder characterized by chronic indigestion.6 3.
    Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 2 July 2025
  • These effects can help relieve symptoms such as distention, bloating, pain, and nausea, which are often associated with slow gastric emptying and a condition known as functional dyspepsia (chronic indigestion).
    Lauren O'Connor, MS, Health, 16 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • The perversity of government stakes in private companies is made even clearer by other Washington antics.
    Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Actions matter, not words that, in their perversity, made matters worse.
    Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Crustiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crustiness. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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