[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gritty \grit"ty\ -ty^, a.
   1. containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by
      grit; full of hard particles.
      1913 webster

   2. spirited; resolute; unyielding. colloq., u. s.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

gritty
     adj 1: composed of or covered with relatively large particles;
            "granular sugar"; "gritty sand" syn: farinaceous, coarse-grained,
             grainy, granular, granulose, mealy, sandy
     2: willing to face danger syn: game, gamy, gamey, mettlesome,
         spirited, spunky
     also: grittiest, grittier
see also:
farinaceous coarse-grained grainy granular granulose mealy 
sandy game gamy gamey mettlesome 
spirited spunky grittiest grittier 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

70 moby thesaurus words for "gritty":
   abrasive, arenaceous, arenarious, arenose, brave, breccial,
   brecciated, bulldoggish, coarse, coarse-grained, courageous,
   craggy, cross-grained, crystal, crystalline, dauntless, determined,
   doughty, fearless, firm, game, gamy, grained, grainy, granular,
   granulate, granulated, gravelly, gross, gutsy, gutty, hardy,
   intrepid, lapideous, lithoid, lithoidal, mettlesome, monolithic,
   nervy, pebbled, pebbly, persistent, pertinacious, plucky,
   porphyritic, rasping, red-blooded, resolute, rock-ribbed,
   rock-strewn, rock-studded, rocklike, rocky, rough, sabulous, sandy,
   shingled, shingly, spirited, spiritful, spunky, stalwart, staunch,
   stonelike, stony, tenacious, tough, trachytic, unrefined,
   valorous

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