gritty

Adjective

• willing to face danger

• composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
  • granular sugar
    
  • the photographs were grainy and indistinct
    
  • it left a mealy residue
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  game , gamy , gamey , mettlesome , spirited , spunky , farinaceous , coarse-grained , grainy , granular , granulose , mealy