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What is the adjective for gritting?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb grit which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

gritty
  1. Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
  2. Spirited; resolute; unyielding.
  3. (film, literature) Intense and starkly realistic, especially if violent.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. sandy, grainy, sabulous, granular, powdery, crumbly, dusty, gravelly, pebbly, friable, loose, stony, rasping, branlike, calculous, pulverant, scratchy, in particles, mealy, granulated, floury, chalky, fine, ground, crushed, shingly, rocky, pulverized, pulverulent, levigated, dry, pulverised, farinaceous, rough, sand, arenaceous, rugged, pebble, rock-strewn, containing gravel, starchy, starchlike, crumbling, impalpable, fine-grained, powder-like … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “This time, the main concern was a significant ash plume carrying gritty pulverized rock and silica that could damage aircraft engines and the surfaces of cars and homes.”
      “She watched him chew on the last of the gritty porridge.”
      “It reminded me of the gritty surface on sea-ice, lakes, and rivers at Baffin Island in June.”
gritsome
  1. Characterised or marked by grit (all senses); gritty
grittish
  1. Somewhat gritty.
gritless
  1. Free from grit.
grittier
  1. comparative form of gritty: more gritty
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sandier, grainier, crumblier, dustier, pebblier, looser, stonier, scratchier, more sabulous, more granular, more powdery, more gravelly, more friable, more rasping, more branlike, more calculous, mealier, more granulated, flourier, chalkier, finer, shinglier, rockier, more crushed, more pulverulent, drier, more farinaceous, rougher, ruggeder, more sand, more arenaceous, more impalpable, more fine-grained, starchier, more starchlike, coarser, lumpier, more grained, more chapped, more particulate, more powdered, more granulous … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Before you've even taken it all in, the traps and hi-hats have locked right in, as well as a deeper, grittier guitar snarl.”
      “Building sand castles and playing beach volleyball may be grittier vacation pastimes than you think, according to a new report.”
      “All manner of psychological studies and anecdata show that in the face of setbacks, grittier people tend to achieve more of their goals.”
grittiest
  1. superlative form of gritty: most gritty
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sandiest, grainiest, crumbliest, dustiest, pebbliest, loosest, stoniest, scratchiest, most sabulous, most granular, most powdery, most gravelly, most friable, most rasping, most branlike, most calculous, mealiest, most granulated, flouriest, chalkiest, finest, shingliest, rockiest, most crushed, most pulverulent, driest, most farinaceous, roughest, ruggedest, most arenaceous, most sand, most impalpable, most fine-grained, starchiest, most starchlike, coarsest, lumpiest, most grained, most chapped, most particulate, most powdered, most granulous … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Furthermore, football is one of the grittiest sports, it films well, and it can be molded into just about any metaphor for life.”
      “A little owl is generally all grit, and these were the grittiest, bramble-footed propositions I ever expect to handle.”
      “Clocked as fast as 103 mph, this would-be closer has improved his control but still uncorks enough errant pitches to make the grittiest batter nervous.”
gritted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of grit
  2. Synonyms:
      3. grated, ground, grinded, gnashed, scraped, scrunched, rasped, crunched, crushed, clenched, rubbed, gnawed, struck together, pounded, pulverized, gnew, gnawn, smashed, scratched, abraded, pulverised, broken, broke, brake, grit, beat, milled, comminuted, brayed, granulated, triturated, crumbled, disintegrated, atomized, mulled, levigated, pestled, floured, powdered, filed, reduced, processed, beaten, clamped together, pressed together, shut tightly, squeezed together, made into a fist, closed tightly … more
gritting
  1. present participle of grit
  2. Synonyms:
      3. grating, grinding, gnashing, scraping, scrunching, rasping, crunching, crushing, clenching, rubbing, gnawing, striking together, pounding, scratching, abrading, pulverizing, smashing, breaking, pulverising, milling, comminuting, braying, beating, granulating, triturating, crumbling, disintegrating, atomizing, mulling, levigating, pestling, flouring, powdering, filing, processing, reducing, clamping together, pressing together, shutting tightly, squeezing together, making into a ball, making into a fist, closing tightly, drawing together, creaking, screeching, jarring … more
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