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gritty

[ US /ˈɡɹɪti/ ]
[ UK /ɡɹˈɪti/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. willing to face danger
  2. composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
    the photographs were grainy and indistinct
    it left a mealy residue
    granular sugar

How To Use gritty In A Sentence

  • The film has a very gritty, realistic feel, again lifting it above being a merely stereotypical genre exercise.
  • Feeling incredibly dirty and gritty, from all the dirt that she was covered under from her ride, Ari ran a bath for herself and scrubbed herself clean.
  • Use them to help scrub down grubby bathroom tiles and really get to the gritty bits. The Sun
  • The acting was top drawer with realistic yet gritty story lines. Times, Sunday Times
  • Also look out for Ireland's finest west coast harmonisers, The Thrills and gritty US punk duo, The Kills on the evening session stage.
  • However, the reliance on overlong interviews, dealing with the nitty-gritty of economic practices, really slows things down.
  • The book argued that to win a war civilian leaders sometimes had to get really involved in the nitty-gritty details of how to conduct it. The Longest War
  • Even the change in location from a gritty industrial city (Manchester, England) to a glossy, sunlit place like L.A. was a misstep that undermined the necessarily bleak tone.
  • Thanks to gritty, believable and packed graphics, the game is totally immersive. Times, Sunday Times
  • Kenji Kamiyama succeeds in all the ways that Oshii fails: characterization, dialogue, depicting the nitty-gritty lived experience of the future. MIND MELD: Anime Film Favorites (+ The Top 14 Anime Films of All Time!)
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