Antonyms for gritty
ˈgrɪt igrit·ty

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1. farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealyadjective

   composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency

   "granular sugar"; "the photographs were grainy and indistinct"; "it left a mealy residue"

   Antonyms:
   fine, fearful, cowardly

   Synonyms:
   spirited, starchlike, gamy, granulose, amyloidal, grainy, spunky, coarse-grained, granular, mettlesome, game, mealy, gamey, amyloid, amylaceous, chondritic, farinaceous, large-grained

2. game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunkyadjective

   willing to face danger

   Antonyms:
   fine, cowardly, fearful

   Synonyms:
   spirited, lame, zippy, spicy, granulose, high, gamy, racy, spunky, gimpy, juicy, feisty, blue, mettlesome, coarse-grained, crippled, risque, granular, mealy, bouncy, naughty, gamey, halting, peppy, enlivened, halt, grainy, bouncing, farinaceous, plucky, game

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1. grittyadjective

   Synonyms:
   sandy, unyielding, plucky, spirited, determined, resolute

How to use gritty in a sentence?

1. Karissa Cook:

   Argentina came out really strong and I don't think they ever let up, i think it was just about us staying really gritty and even though we never felt it was beautiful volleyball we were playing we just found a way to score.

2. Michael Martyn:

   It's going to be bad ... when you really get down to the nitty gritty and find out the results of this fire, it's going to be devastating, devastating.

3. Though Lynch:

   This is actually appropriate, because our work is both aspirational, and grounded in gritty reality, today, I stand before you so thrilled, and, frankly, so humbled to have the opportunity to lead this group of wonderful people who work all day and well into the night to make that ideal a manifest reality.

4. Sarah Casasnovas:

   We ca n’t neglect that folks are going through a lot, we’re talking about learning loss when people are trying to survive. We want to make sure that they are learning the overall concepts. We ca n’t get too concerned with the nitty-gritty of testing and grades.

5. Loren PQ Baybrook:

   The Oscar pendulum swings between the gritty and the grandiose, just as popular tastes do.

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