gritty

English

Etymology

grit +‎ -y

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɪti/
Rhymes: -ɪti

Adjective

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.
(film, literature) Intense and starkly realistic, especially if violent.

Translations

containing sand or grit

Bulgarian: пясъчен (bg) (pjasǎčen), песъчлив (bg) (pesǎčliv)
Finnish: hiekkainen (fi)
French: graveleux (fr)
Georgian: ქვიშიანი (kvišiani)

German: sandig (de)
Hungarian: homokos (hu)
Maori: māngūngungu, māngēngenge

spirited; resolute; unyielding

Bulgarian: твърд (bg) (tvǎrd), издръжлив (bg) (izdrǎžliv)
Finnish: sisukas, peräänantamaton (fi)
French: résolu (fr), déterminé (fr)
Georgian: შეუპოვარი (šeuṗovari)

German: mutig (de)
Hungarian: karakán
Italian: coraggioso (it) m, spiritoso (it)
Maori: niwha

intense and starkly realistic, especially if violent

Finnish: inhorealistinen

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