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 Definitions of gritty  [ˈgrɪt i]  

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Definition of 'gritty' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) gritty
consisting of, containing, or resembling grit; sandy.

2.  gritty
resolute and courageous; plucky.

Etymology:  (1590–1600)

Definition of 'gritty' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy
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"

2. (adj) game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky
willing to face danger


Definition of 'gritty' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) gritty
containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles

2. (adj) gritty
spirited; resolute; unyielding


Translation of 'gritty' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to keep (the teeth) tightly closed together
He gritted his teeth to stop himself from crying out in pain.; a gritty substance.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: korrelrige Arabic flag Arabic: حاثِر، مُرَمَّل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: песъчлив
Brazilian flag Brazilian: arenoso Czech flag Czech: pískovitý German flag German: sandig
Danish flag Danish: gruset; sandet Greek flag Greek: αμμώδης, θαρραλέος Spanish flag Spanish: arenoso
Estonian flag Estonian: sõmer Farsi flag Farsi: زبر و زمخت Finnish flag Finnish: hiekkainen
French flag French: graveleux Hebrew flag Hebrew: חוֹלִי Hindi flag Hindi: कुरकुरा
Croatian flag Croatian: zrnat Hungarian flag Hungarian: kavicsos Indonesian flag Indonesian: keras
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kornóttur Italian flag Italian: arenoso, sabbioso Japanese flag Japanese: 砂の
Korean flag Korean: 모래 투성이의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: žvirgždėtas, ištvermingas Latvian flag Latvian: grantains
Malay flag Malay: berpasir Dutch flag Dutch: zanderig, korrelig Norwegian flag Norwegian: grynet, knasende
Polish flag Polish: piaszczysty, ziarnisty Persian flag Persian: زبر و زمخت Pashto flag Pashto: شګلنه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: arenoso Romanian flag Romanian: nisipos Russian flag Russian: песчаный
Slovak flag Slovak: pieskový Slovenian flag Slovenian: peščen Serbian flag Serbian: sitan
Swedish flag Swedish: grusig, sandig, grynig Thai flag Thai: เป็นเม็ดหยาบเล็ก ๆ Turkish flag Turkish: kumlu
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 砂礫般的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: піщаний; з піском Urdu flag Urdu: ذرے کی طرح
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đầy đá mạt Chinese flag Chinese: 砂砾般的

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