Synonyms for grainy
ˈgreɪ nigrainy

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1. farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealyadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   spirited, starchlike, gamy, granulose, amyloidal, spunky, coarse-grained, granular, mettlesome, game, mealy, gamey, amyloid, amylaceous, gritty, chondritic, farinaceous, large-grained

   Antonyms:
   fine

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1. discomfort, greasy, quaintadjective

   the term 'grainy' is used when one feels queer or has a sense of discomfort.

   wow, i'm feeling grainy today.

   Submitted by k1y099.mi on August 30, 2023  

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1. grainyadjective

   Synonyms:
   granular, granulate, granulated, granulous

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1. List of paraphrases for "grainy":

   fuzzy, blurred

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1. Eleanor Robson:

   On repeated viewing of that very grainy video, we now suspect that there( were) far more originals in Mosul Museum than I first thought, whilst there was indeed a program to relocate antiquities to safekeeping in Baghdad, it looks now as though it didn't reach that particular museum.

2. Stephen Fagin:

   There's nothing more tantalizing than looking at a flickering a film projected on a wall, trying to find details in the grainy shadows and digging through secret locked files and looking for evidence, looking for some nugget of information that's never been revealed before.

3. Danielle Smith:

   Ms. Notley likes to show grainy videos of things I said while I was on radio and the reason she does that is she doesn’t want to run on her record, and the reason she doesn’t want to run on her record is it was an absolute disaster.

4. Alex Acker:

   It's an un-hopped beer and a unique recipe that we wanted to stay true to, without the hops in there and with these other unusual ingredients, you get a starchy, grainy flavor and aroma with a bit of sourness, almost like an ancient berliner weisse.

5. Derek Glas:

   I don’t like to use a really high ISO because you get a lot of noise and the photos get grainy.