Grainy

Word GRAINY
Character 6
Hyphenation grain y
Pronunciations /ˈɡɹeɪni/

Definitions and meanings of "Grainy"

What do we mean by grainy?

Made of or resembling grain; granular. adjective

Resembling the grain of wood. adjective

Having a granular appearance, as from the clumping of particles in the emulsion of a photograph. adjective

Full of grains or corn; full of kernels.

Resembling grains; granular. adjective

Resembling grains; granular. adjective

Coarsely ground or gritty. adjective

Composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency adjective

Resembling grains; granular.

Coarsely ground or gritty.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Grainy

The word "grainy" in example sentences

Nor did they like the texture, which they called grainy and fatty. ❋ SARAH DONNA (2011)

The film, shot in grainy black and white, was a strange mixture of naturalism and existentialism. ❋ Sheila Whitaker (2010)

Featuring dramatic "reenactments" of high school bathroom rape scenes shot in grainy black-and-white footage, the lengthy segment's vaguely salacious claims about local high school girls being raped and "sodomized" with "sex toys bought on the Internet" was based almost entirely on the lurid musings of a single Shelby County gang officer. ❋ JDsg (2007)

I was introduced to the work of Diana Arbus years ago by my rock photographer friend, Panny, who was much influenced by Arbus, and like her worked with a Rolliflex in grainy black and white. ❋ Sharon Bakar (2006)

He even makes his first assassination (shown in grainy black and white) an unsettlingly erotic experience. ❋ Unknown (2006)

More accurate title grainy picture of flame in micro-gravity ❋ Unknown (2009)

Some artists were obviously aware of the issue of copyright infringement: At the bottom of one poster there is the casual typewritten remark (in grainy capitals): “What you don’t know about copying and duplicating won’t hurt you.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

Just tonight I burned up several minutes watching this, this, this, this, and this — all examples of that film a bunch of models in grainy Super 8″ style that was briefly hot in the ’80s. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Shot in grainy black-and-white film, it took place entirely in San Francisco’s Chinatown. ❋ Unknown (2006)

In the utter blackness of the tunnel, Smith recalled the grainy photograph of Zoran Lustbaden, with its cold, translucent eyes and lips twitching in a half-moon smile. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The black and white videotaped evidence of that meeting produced in the Harare high court has been described as grainy, and only partially audible. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Now that the entire global economy can be fairly described as grainy, rasping and bleak, filmmakers are reassessing their business and creating more ❋ Unknown (2009)

It gets strange when "God in America" occasionally switches to "grainy" black-and-white scenes of New England colonists walking bleak, wintry beaches: That must be some very old film, there. ❋ Hank Stuever (2010)

And here's the photo I mentioned in the first paragraph, the view from my open office window yesterday afternoon (it's kind of grainy, but you get the idea): ❋ Greygirlbeast (2009)

Take a look (at these kind of grainy scans) and tell us which pic is your favorite. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Never mind that the film is set in the midst of the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 - fashion guru Ford's visual style consists of the kind of grainy, loving close-ups that the old Calvin Klein ads used to feature. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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