Synonyms for gritty

Grammar : Adj

Spell : grit-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgrɪt i

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Définition of gritty

Origin : 1590s, from grit + -y (2). In sense of "unpleasant" (of literature, etc.), from 1882, in reference to the sensation of eating gritty bread. Related: Grittily; grittiness.

adj granular
adj brave

Example sentences :

At this point in his reflections Wakefield's elbows began to feel rough and gritty.
Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller

It promised to be a glorious day, and London was stifling and gritty.
Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome

They felt the tops of their caps—they and the deck were gritty.
Extract from : « Washed Ashore » by W.H.G. Kingston

"It was gritty of Ralph to shut the bridge and stop 'em for you," went on the old man.
Extract from : « The Young Bridge-Tender » by Arthur M. Winfield

Chris called it gritty, and said it was the sand—to himself.
Extract from : « The Peril Finders » by George Manville Fenn

If he mentions his rice, he must not call it rice, but his gritty rice.
Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston

So hungry were they that they made no complaint about the gritty state of the loaves.
Extract from : « A Lively Bit of the Front » by Percy F. Westerman

The last was the easiest job for our fellows were sure gritty.
Extract from : « With the Doughboy in France » by Edward Hungerford

The wood is gritty and thorn-like and unites very imperfectly with the apple.
Extract from : « The Pears of New York » by U. P. Hedrick

The windows reeked with moisture; the floor was gritty with sand.
Extract from : « Shifting Sands » by Sara Ware Bassett

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