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gritty

adjective

1 gritty

Composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency.

synonyms: coarse-grained, farinaceous, grainy, granular, granulose, mealy.

Roget 323: hard, rigid, stubborn, stiff, firm; starch, starched; stark, unbending, unlimber, unyielding; inflexible, tense; indurate, ... show more

Roget 329: structural, organic; anatomic, anatomical.    textural, textile; fine grained, coarse grained; fine, delicate, subtile, gossamery, filmy, silky, ... show more

Roget 330: powdery, pulverulent, granular, mealy, floury, farinaceous, branny, furfuraceous, flocculent, dusty, sandy, sabulous, psammous; arenose, ... show more

Polish: ziarnowy, ziarnisty

2 gritty

Willing to face danger.

synonyms: game, gamey, gamy, mettlesome, spirited, spunky.


Moby thesaurus: abrasive, arenaceous, arenarious, arenose, brave, breccial, brecciated, bulldoggish, coarse, coarse-grained, courageous, craggy, cross-grained, crystal, crystalline, dauntless, determined, doughty, fearless, firm ... show more.

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