grit

the strength of mind that enables a person to endure pain or hardship she was an athlete with true grit, continuing her training despite bad weather and an injury Synonyms of grit backbone, constancy, fiber, fortitude, grittiness, guts, intestinal fortitude, pluck, spunkWords Related to grit determination, purposefulness, resoluteness, resolution; bravery, courage, courageousness, daring, dauntlessness, doughtiness, fearlessness, gallantry, greatheartedness, intrepidity, intrepidness, nerve, stoutness, valor; endurance, forbearance, stamina, sufferance, tolerance; heart, mettle, spirit; audacity, boldness, brass, cheek, chutzpah (also chutzpa or hutzpah or hutzpa), effrontery, gall, hardihood, nerve, nerviness, temerityNear Antonyms of grit indecisiveness, irresoluteness, irresolution, vacillation; cowardice, cowardliness, cravenness, dastardliness, faintheartedness, pusillanimity, timidity, timorousnessAntonyms of grit spinelessness

to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound the crash victim gritted his teeth as a way of coping with the pain Synonyms of grit crunch, gnash, grate, grind, scrape, scrunchWords Related to grit creak, groan, moan, rasp, scratch, whine; clash, collide, jangle, jar