gritty

About 0.68 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
2. adjective Spirited; resolute; unyielding.

   That goth woman is very gritty.

3. adjective Intense and starkly realistic; depicting harsh reality, especially violence.

Similar words

sandy granular grainy mealy farinaceous gamey granulose gamy coarse-grained spirited

Often followed by

of and details with sand particles soil realism dust

Word family

grittier grittiest grittily grittiness grittinesses