'Gritty' definitions:
Definition of 'gritty'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency; "granular sugar"; "the photographs were grainy and indistinct"; "it left a mealy residue" [syn: farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy]
adjective
Definition of 'Gritty'
From: GCIDE
- Gritty \Grit"ty\ (-t[y^]), a.
- 1. Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Spirited; resolute; unyielding. [Colloq., U. S.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gritty'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrasive,
- arenaceous,
- arenarious,
- arenose,
- brave,
- breccial,
- brecciated,
- bulldoggish,
- coarse,
- coarse-grained,
- courageous,
- craggy,
- cross-grained,
- crystal,
- crystalline,
- dauntless,
- determined,
- doughty,
- fearless,
- firm,
- game,
- gamy,
- grained,
- grainy,
- granular,
- granulate,
- granulated,
- gravelly,
- gross,
- gutsy,
- gutty,
- hardy,
- intrepid,
- lapideous,
- lithoid,
- lithoidal,
- mettlesome,
- monolithic,
- nervy,
- pebbled,
- pebbly,
- persistent,
- pertinacious,
- plucky,
- porphyritic,
- rasping,
- red-blooded,
- resolute,
- rock-ribbed,
- rock-strewn,
- rock-studded,
- rocklike,
- rocky,
- rough,
- sabulous,
- sandy,
- shingled,
- shingly,
- spirited,
- spiritful,
- spunky,
- stalwart,
- staunch,
- stonelike,
- stony,
- tenacious,
- tough,
- trachytic,
- unrefined,
- valorous