3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Gritty \Grit"ty\ (-t[y^]), a. 1. Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles. [1913 Webster] 2. Spirited; resolute; unyielding. [Colloq., U. S.] [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: gritty adj 1: composed of or covered with relatively large particles; "granular sugar"; "gritty sand" [syn: {farinaceous}, {coarse-grained}, {grainy}, {granular}, {granulose}, {mealy}, {sandy}] 2: willing to face danger [syn: {game}, {gamy}, {gamey}, {mettlesome}, {spirited}, {spunky}] [also: {grittiest}, {grittier}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 70 Moby Thesaurus words for "gritty": abrasive, arenaceous, arenarious, arenose, brave, breccial, brecciated, bulldoggish, coarse, coarse-grained, courageous, craggy, cross-grained, crystal, crystalline, dauntless, determined, doughty, fearless, firm, game, gamy, grained, grainy, granular, granulate, granulated, gravelly, gross, gutsy, gutty, hardy, intrepid, lapideous, lithoid, lithoidal, mettlesome, monolithic, nervy, pebbled, pebbly, persistent, pertinacious, plucky, porphyritic, rasping, red-blooded, resolute, rock-ribbed, rock-strewn, rock-studded, rocklike, rocky, rough, sabulous, sandy, shingled, shingly, spirited, spiritful, spunky, stalwart, staunch, stonelike, stony, tenacious, tough, trachytic, unrefined, valorous
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