gritty
adjective
uk/ˈɡrɪt.i/us/ˈɡrɪt̬.i/grittyadjective(SANDY)
containinggrit(= verysmallpiecesofstone)or likegrit:
The lastspoonfulsof themussels'cookingliquidmight be abitgritty.
I didn't like the grittytextureof thesauce.
- Hesatuncomfortablyon the grittyshingle.
- Theoliveoilflavourwasoverpoweringand thericeflourwas too gritty.
Physics: the state of matter
- absorbency
- absorption
- acidic
- allotropic
- compressible
- concentration
- e-liquid
- fluid
- impermeable
- metallic
- neutral
- permeable
- pressurized
- runny
- slurry
- sulphurous
- superabsorbent
- superwave
- unabsorbent
- unset
grittyadjective(REAL)
usuallyapproving
showingtheunpleasantordifficultfeaturesof something as they really are:
Thenovelwaspraisedforitsgrittyrealismandemotionalintensity.
a grittycrimedrama
a grittyportrayalofurbanpoverty对市中心贫民区赤贫生活的真实描述
Ithoughtthestyleof thefilmwas abitslick, and Iwantedsomething more gritty.
- ShewantedtodocumenttheEastEnd of London in allitsgrittyreality.
- He writes with the grittyauthenticitythat comes fromactualcombatexperience.
- This is the grittypartoftown.
True, real, false, and unreal
- actual
- actuality
- actually
- all that glitters is not goldidiom
- apocryphal
- faithful
- fake news
- false
- false flag
- falsely
- not so muchidiom
- nothing could be further from the truthidiom
- nothing could have been further from my mind/thoughtsidiom
- parallel universe
- post-factual
- validity
- veridical
- verifiability
- verifiable
- verifiably
grittyadjective(BRAVE)
approving
braveanddetermined:
勇敢的,坚毅的,坚定的Heshowedthe grittydeterminationthat we've come toexpectfrom him.他不负所望,表现出了应有的坚毅和果敢。
Sheprovedto be agutsyand grittyopponent.
Brave and courageous
- adventurous
- adventurously
- audacious
- ballsy
- be man enoughto do somethingidiom
- doughty
- faint heart never won fair lady/maidenidiom
- fearless
- fearlessly
- gallant
- intrepid
- intrepidly
- lion-hearted
- man up
- manfully
- unflinching
- unflinchingly
- unperturbed
- valiant
- valiantly
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Strong-willed
See also
nitty-gritty