grittiness
- noun
- /ˈɡrɪtɪnəs/
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textura arenosa
- It is unusual how I never thought you could get such a gritty grittiness from popcorn, but I like it.
Feel the coldness of it, the grittiness of it.
- Feel the coldness of it, the grittiness of it.
- The dry down is kind of like one of these powdery volumizing powders that has that grittiness to it.
Examples
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If you know, the scrubbers and the the grittiness, like the brown sugar scrub that this kind of looks like.
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You're saying that the photographer in no way contributes to the 'grittiness'; he simply captures it.
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I feel like as I go across my skin, I feel a grittiness in this.
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But you can basically tell from the texture you can feel is it, does it have any kind of kind of like grittiness from sand?
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She was holding on to the gauzy curtain, feeling the grittiness between her fingers.
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It's so good to hear things like that when we're sitting around the table reading new scripts or out there riding around in the grittiness of the motorcycle deserts.
Blog text (14) -
A side comment on the icing: the grittiness of the icing from a saturation of pudding mix caused pudding to form in my mouth.
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The grittiness of the sand underfoot made the beach feel more authentic.
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He noticed the grittiness of the homemade bread, which came from the whole grain flour.
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As she ran her fingers over the grittiness of the old stone wall, she felt its history.
Synonyms
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The way a surface feels and looks, for example smooth or rough
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The way a surface feels when it is not smooth
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An uneven surface with many bumps
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A rough or not smooth texture caused by many small pieces
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A rough surface that makes skin sore
A rough, grainy feeling like small dry grains of sand
A rough surface with large, easily seen grains
A thing made of large grains or particles
A rough texture that is not smooth
A rough feeling on skin or fabric that makes it uncomfortable
A rough quality that scratches or wears away a surface
Antonyms
How Gritty
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Grittiness comes from the word grit, which means 'sand' or tiny stones, so it names a rough, sandy texture. Think of sandpaper or dust on your skin to remember this literal, coarse feeling.