Synonyms for gritty
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : grit-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgrɪt i |
Top 10 synonyms for gritty Other synonyms for the word gritty
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
- 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
Antonyms for gritty
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