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Definition/Meaning

(noun)

Courage and resolve; strength of character.

e.g. She showed grit and determination in the face of adversity.

(noun)

a hard sharp granule (as of sand or gravel);

e.g. His body was covered in grit from the beach.

(verb)

to give forth a grating sound;

e.g. With each step, the snow grit beneath his booted feet.

(verb)

to cause (one's teeth) to grind or grate;

e.g. Nails on a chalkboard had the power to make people grit their teeth.

(verb)

to cover or spread with grit, or an abrasive substance;

e.g. The sandpaper grit against the wood to smooth it down.

(noun)

abrasive, typically small, particles;

e.g. The new exfoliation cream has a great grit to help clean out the pores.

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Similar Words

Backbone

Buoyancy

Cojones

Constancy

Crunch

Fiber

Fortitude

Gnash

Grate

Grind

Gut

Metal

Mettle

Perseverance

Pluck

Resilience

Scrape

Scrunch

Spunk

Stamina

Tenacity

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Opposite Words

Cowardice

Poltroonery

Pusillanimity

Vacillation

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Related Words

Ambition

Audacity

Bottle

Brass

Bravery

Cheek

Chutzpah

Clash

Collide

Courage

Creak

Daring

Decision

Determination

Drive

Effrontery

Endurance

Enterprise

Forbearance

Gall

Gallantry

Go

Granite

Groan

Gut

Hardihood

Heart

Heroism

Hustle

Initiative

Jangle

Jar

Mettle

Moan

Moxie

Nerve

Pecker

Prowess

Rasp

Resolution

Resolve

Scratch

Spirit

Stamina

Stick-to-itiveness

Sufferance

Temerity

Tolerance

Valor

Virtue

Whine

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Quotes

• "Being a professional is doing all the things you love to do on the days you don't feel like doing them." -- Julius Erving

• "No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up." -- Regina Brett

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