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Synonyms for gritty

consisting of or covered with large particles

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Synonyms for gritty

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

willing to face danger

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I think GlobalPort's the grittiest team in the league.
The former world number one, who has slipped to 12th in the world rankings, should face a good test of his level against Bautista Agut, one of the grittiest competitors on tour.
The former world No.1, who has slipped to 12th in the world rankings, should face a good test of his level against Bautista Agut, one of the grittiest competitors on tour.
Wilson's musicians certainly have that quality, right from the grittiest of trumpets to the tenderest of strings.
Once again it fell to Smith to mount a rescue mission and the 28-year-old was a rock through 148 balls as he ground out one of his grittiest half-centuries.
MUSIC Starcrawler grittiest rock 'n' rollers Starcrawler their fearless and massive to Cardiff.
Some might argue his gutsy effort at last year's world championships, when he overcame a season's worth of injuries to beat Gatlin by .01, might have been the grittiest race he has won.
29, Grove Stone & Sand Co.'s Black Mountain, N.C., operation hosted a race described as "one of the grittiest courses in the Spartan venue," on the Reebok Spartan website.
Our testers tried out three of them for you The Body Shop Vitamin C Microdermabrasion, PS15 (thebody shop.com) THIS has to be one of the grittiest home scrubs I have tried and about as close as you would get to a salon microdermabrasion.
Our testers tried out three of them The Body Shop Vitamin C Microdermabrasion, PS15 (thebody shop.com) THIS has to be one of the grittiest home scrubs I have tried and about as close as you would get to a salon microdermabrasion.
Washington, DC, June 15, 2015 --(PR.com)-- The Mesothelioma Victims Center says, "After speaking with countless automotive manufacturing workers, we think that one of the grittiest jobs there was in the 1960s and 1970s for US citizens was replacing auto brakes and clutches.
"Pakistan, which is one of the grittiest as well as greatest nations in the world, is standing against the nemesis of terror as one man," the army chief said while addressing a ceremony here.
The 35-year-old's voice sounds deeper and more soulful on the first line of opener Capsized, the grittiest and arguably finest track on Rose Ave, as the sound - if not the downbeat tone - gets subtly more stripped back throughout the collection of acoustic, love ballads.
Sometimes it's difficult to remember that this is all the same band, but when the civilized veneer is stripped away and the band is at its grittiest -- as it is on "Sound of An Angel's Wings'' and 'Black Angel'' -- it's easy to forgive any excesses or inconsistencies.
In the most recent posthumous publication of Robert Bolano's work in English, The Unknown University, fantastically translated by Laura Healy, the reader is exposed to some of Bolano's earliest and grittiest writing.