gritty

Other forms of gritty

comparative or superlative

grittier

comparative or superlative

grittiest

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 gritty

What does gritty mean?

gritty means "composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gritty?

gritty has 2 syllables: grit-ty. The stress falls on "grit". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹɪti/.

What is another word for gritty?

Close synonyms include farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose. 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 gritty a common word?

gritty 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.