About The Word Stony
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Stony
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What's The Definition Of Stony?
[adj] hard as granite; "a granitic fist"
[adj] showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart" [adj] abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony ground"; "bouldery beaches" Synonyms | Synonyms for Stony: bouldered | bouldery | flinty | granitelike | granitic | hard | hardhearted | heartless | obdurate | rocklike | rocky | rough | unsmooth Related Terms | Find terms related to Stony: See Also | Stony In Webster's Dictionary \Ston"y\, a. [Compar. {Stonier}; superl. {Stoniest}.] [AS.
st[=a]nig. 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. --Spenser.
3. Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate;
perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified;
as, a stony heart; a stony gaze.
{Stony coral}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Stone coral}, under
{Stone}.
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