grainy

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymsfarinaceouscoarse-grainedgranulargranulosegrittymealy

   Similarcoarse

Other forms of grainy

comparative or superlative

grainier

comparative or superlative

grainiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about grainy

What does grainy mean?

grainy means "composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency".

How many syllables are in grainy?

grainy has 2 syllables: grai-ny. The stress falls on "grai". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹeɪni/.

What is another word for grainy?

Close synonyms include farinaceous, coarse-grained, granular, granulose, gritty. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is grainy a common word?

grainy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.