gritty

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪti

Adjective

gritty (comparative grittier, superlative grittiest)

1. Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
2. Spirited; resolute; unyielding.
3. (film, literature) Intense and starkly realistic, especially if violent.

Translations

containing sand or grit

• Finnish: hiekkainen (fi)
• German: sandig (de)

• Hungarian: homokos (hu)

spirited; resolute; unyielding

• Finnish: sisukas (fi), peräänantamaton (fi)
• German: mutig (de)

• Hungarian: karakán (hu)
• Italian: coraggioso (it) m, spiritoso (it)

intense and starkly realistic, especially if violent

• Finnish: inhorealistinen