gritty
Containing sand or gritContaining sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» I'll spare you the nitty gritty.
Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRTranslations
6 languagesBy meaning 3
Examples
8 sentencesI'll spare you the nitty gritty.
My eyes feel gritty.
ruМне в глаза будто песка насыпали. — sharptoothed
His gritty, cynical writing is very popular with men between the ages of 18 and 35.
Його суворий і цинічний літературний стиль дуже популярний серед чоловіків вікової групи від 18 до 35 років. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
Meaning
3 sensesContaining sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
sandig, grobkörnig
Spirited; resolute; unyielding.
That goth woman is very gritty.
mutig, entschlossen, resolut
Intense and starkly realistic; depicting harsh reality, especially violence.
wirklichkeitsnah, ungeschminkt
- composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
- willing to face danger
Forms
grittier, grittiestSynonyms
12 synonyms- composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency:farinaceouscoarse-grainedgrainygranulargranulosemealy
- willing to face danger:gamegamygameymettlesomespiritedspunky
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.