grainy
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3.7
- adjective
- /ˈɡreɪni/
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granuloso
- Her face looked grainy, and I noticed she had makeup on her cheeks.
- grainy film
- grainy black
- grainy black-and-white
It comes out in a perfect little gel BLOB that's kind of like grainy and fun to play with.
- It comes out in a perfect little gel BLOB that's kind of like grainy and fun to play with.
- Obviously this has got like a really grainy texture.
- Can you say that one more to ask if a digital photo looks too grainy?
- It is slightly, slightly mealy, not quite like what I consider like grainy.
- So they're going to have a more grainy, almost mealy texture when they're softened in a soup.
Examples
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This canvas has a very specific grainy surface.
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One of them is clearly much grainier than the other.
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Now, this is grainy, but I kind of like this look.
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It's a little bit grainy and it looks like it may be.
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Yeah, it's a little grainy.
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But it just kept getting closer and slower and closer on one single air bubble in like this, this grainy picture.
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Even though this film isn't super, super grainy, the colors are amazing.
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A video monitor lights up with a grainy image of Cohaagen's angry face.
Fiction book (1990) -
The images still flicker in grainy shades of black and white.
Academic text (1994) -
The film had a grainy texture that gave it a vintage feel.
Synonyms
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3.7
A surface like sand or rough cloth that has large grains and is not smooth
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4.1
Has a rough texture with small hard grains
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5.1
A material made of many small grains like sand
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7.1
Having a dry, powdery texture like ground grain
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3.0
Covered with fine, dry dust that easily falls off
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Contains very small, closely packed particles that make it feel smooth like fine sugar
With many small grains or a grainy texture
A material or surface covered with small grains like coarse sand
Made of very small pieces like fine sand
Having very small, tightly packed parts that make a smooth surface in wood or stone
A surface that has visible lines and a pattern, like wood or fabric
Feels rough and slightly scratchy when you touch it
A rough texture made of large visible grains
Having a rough surface that feels slightly scratchy
A surface that feels bumpy or not smooth to the touch
Very small and powdery like dust
Antonyms
Compounds
How Grainy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word grainy comes from the word grain, which means 'a small seed' or 'a tiny piece', and the ending -y, which means 'full of' or 'having'. So grainy describes something that looks or feels like it has many small grains, like rough sand or an old photo with little dots.