Synonyms: game, gamey, gamy, mettlesome, gritty, spirited, spunky
Definition: willing to face danger
Similar words: courageous, brave
Definition: possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
Usage: Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring- Herman Melville; a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain- William Wordsworth; set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory
Synonyms: mealy, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, farinaceous, coarse-grained
Definition: composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
Usage: granular sugar; the photographs were grainy and indistinct; it left a mealy residue
Definition: of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles
Usage: coarse meal; coarse sand; a coarse weave