Gritty

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Containing, covered with, or resembling grit.
  • adj. Showing resolution and fortitude; plucky: a gritty decision.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
  • adj. Spirited; resolute; unyielding.
  • adj. Intense and starkly realistic, especially if violent.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
  • adj. Spirited; resolute; unyielding.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; full of or covered with hard particles; sandy.
  • Courageous and resolute; determined; plucky.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. willing to face danger
  • adj. composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
    • Equivalent
    brave    courageous    harsh    coarse   
    Variant
    grittiest    grittier   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    spirited    resolute    unyielding    dirty    calculous    muddy    sandy    stony    gravelly   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    City    Kitty    bitty    chitty    city    committee    ditty    itty    itty-bitty    kitty   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    powdery    oily    porous    salty    sandy    yellowish    grainy    soapy    slippery    watery   
     
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