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Answer for the clue "Gritty ", 8 letters:
sabulous

Word definitions for sabulous in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sabulous \Sab"u*lous\, a. [L. sabulosus.] Sandy; gritty.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"sandy," 1630s, from Latin sabulosus , from sabulum "coarse sand" (see sand (n.)).

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. sandy or gritty.

Usage examples of sabulous.

The prophecy which he had uttered against her, the sabulous atrocity which he had radiated into her, had crammed every corner of her soul with a loathing and rejection indistinguishable from self-abhorrence.

He pried his eyes wide, scraped his eyelids across the sabulous exhaustion in his gaze, and saw Memla.