grainy
Adjective Satellite
- composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
- "the photographs were grainy and indistinct"
Adj
- Resembling grains; granular.
- Coarsely ground or gritty.
Adjective
- Having a rough texture composed of small particles.
Examples
- grainy image
- grainy sound
- The grainy printout of his Scrabble scores was hard to read.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English greyny, equivalent to grain + -y.
Synonyms
coarse-grained, farinaceous, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy
Scrabble Score: 10
grainy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordgrainy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
grainy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
grainy: valid Words With Friends Word