About The Word Flinty

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Flinty

Flinty Meaning & Definition
Flinty Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Flinty?

[adj] having austere inflexibility; "a flinty manner"; "granitic morality"; "his unyielding mouth and glassy eyes"- Marchette Chute
[adj] showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Flinty: granitic | hardhearted | heartless | inflexible | obdurate | stony | unyielding

Related Terms | Find terms related to Flinty: adamant | adamantine | bony | bowelless | callous | calloused | case-hardened | cast-iron | cement | cemental | concrete | constant | corneous | cruel | dense | diamondlike | dog-eat-dog | dour | dure | firm | fixed | flintlike | granitelike | granitic | grim | hard | hard as nails | hard-core | hardened | hardhearted | harsh | heartless | horny | immovable | immutable | impervious | implacable | impliable | inclement | indurated | inelastic | inexorable | inflexible | insensitive | intransigent | inured | iron | iron-hard | ironlike | irreconcilable | lapideous | lithic | lithoid | lithoidal | loyal | marble | marblelike | merciless | obdurate | osseous | pachydermatous | petrified | petrogenic | Philistine | pitiless | proof against | relentless | remorseless | resistant | resistive | rigid | rigorous | rock | rocklike | rock-ribbed | rocky | ruthless | set | settled | slaty | solid | sot | staunch | steadfast | steady | steeled against | steellike | steely | stern | stiff | stone | stonelike | stony | thick-skinned | tough | true | unaffected | unalterable | unbending | unchangeable | uncompassionate | uncompassioned | uncompromising | undeflectable | unfeeling | unflappable | unforgiving | ungiving | unmerciful | unmoved | unpitiful | unpitying | unrelenting | unremorseful | unshaken | unswerving | unsympathetic | unsympathizing | unyielding | without mercy

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Flinty In Webster's Dictionary

\Flint"y\, a. [Compar. {Flintier}; superl. {Flintiest}.] Consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling, flint; as, a flinty rock; flinty ground; a flinty heart. {Flinty rock}, or {Flinty state}, a siliceous slate; -- basanite is here included. See {Basanite}.

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