gritty
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɡɹɪti/
gritty (comparative grittier, superlative grittiest)
- Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
- Spirited; resolute; unyielding.
- 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, “Poison,”
- The runt was the grittiest pup of all; for days he writhed out of one convulsion into the next—calmed from one only to go through it all over again.
- 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, “Poison,”
- (film, literature) Intense and starkly realistic; depicting harsh reality, especially violence.
- French: résolu, déterminé
- German: mutig
- Italian: coraggioso, spiritoso
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