stony

[StonĀ·y]

Someone who's stony shows little emotion or sympathy for other people. As your math teacher hands back last week's geometry quiz, her stony face won't seem like a very good sign.

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Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust.

Adjective S.
hard as granite; "a granitic fist"

Adjective S.
showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the child''s misery would move even the most obdurate heart"

Adjective S.
abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony ground"; "bouldery beaches"


superl.
Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust.

superl.
Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.

superl.
Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze.


Stony

Ston"y , a. [Compar. Stonier ; superl. Stoniest.] [AS. st'benig. See Stone.] 1. Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust. 2. Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.
The stony dart of senseless cold.
3. Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze. Stony coral. (Zo'94l.) Same as Stone coral, under Stone.

Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust.

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