grainy
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Synonyms & Antonyms for grainy
Synonyms
coarse, grained, granular, granulated
Antonyms
dusty, fine, floury, powdery, superfine, ultrafine
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With slicked-back grey hair and a frail frame, Salemme is almost unrecognizable from the bulky mob boss depicted in grainy surveillance photos from his heyday. — Fox News, "Ex-Mafia boss 'Cadillac Frank' sentenced to life in prison," 13 Sep. 2018 It looks sped up, weird, grainy, out of focus, splices, scratches. — Eric Johnson, Recode, "How Peter Jackson’s team made World War I footage look new," 15 Dec. 2018 The brewers then served the resulting beer—which was a bit sour, a bit grainy, a bit starchy—as a limited-edition seasonal brew. — Kate Springer, Condé Nast Traveler, "Inside Hong Kong's Craft Beer Revolution," 17 Aug. 2018 The Soviet Luna 3 mission took the first, grainy photographs of the far side of the Moon in 1959, and in 1962, NASA's Ranger spacecraft impacted the surface. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "Here’s why China’s launch to the far side of the Moon is a big deal," 10 Dec. 2018 He was shot down and was rescued by a submarine, a rescue captured in what became a famous bit of grainy film footage. — Gerald F. Seib, WSJ, "George H.W. Bush, America’s 41st President and Father of 43rd, Dies," 1 Dec. 2018 Chazelle and director of photography Linus Sandgren mix 16mm and 35mm film stocks for a grainy look that feels more like a period documentary than a modern-day biopic. — Bryan Bishop, The Verge, "First Man is one of the most intense space movies of all time," 12 Sep. 2018 Boujoukos would pore over grainy photographs looking for clues to make sure the bats were authentic. — Stan Grossfeld, BostonGlobe.com, "This guy has 757 Red Sox bats, and each one tells a story," 5 July 2018 The team did final field testing, driving the rover around the Tottori sand dunes, whose grainy terrain isn't unlike the lunar land. — Sarah Scoles, WIRED, "The Japanese Space Bots That Could Build ‘Moon Valley’," 14 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'grainy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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