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Stony

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Adjective

1. bouldered, bouldery, rocky, stony

abounding in rocks or stones

Example Sentences:
'rocky fields'
'stony ground'
'bouldery beaches'

2. flint, flinty, granitic, obdurate, stony

showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

Example Sentences:
'his flinty gaze'
'the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart'

3. granitelike, granitic, rocklike, stony

hard as granite

Example Sentences:
'a granitic fist'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Stony

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adjectiveWord forms: stonier or stoniest
1. 
of or resembling stone
2. 
abounding in stone or stones
3. 
unfeeling, heartless, or obdurate
4.  short for stony-broke

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Stony

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈstonier or ˈstoniest
1. 
covered with or having many stones
2. 
of or like stone
; specif.,
a. 
hard
b. 
unfeeling; pitiless
c. 
cold; fixed; rigid
3. 
petrifying

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Stony

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adj. ston·i·er, ston·i·est
1.
a. Covered with or full of stones: a stony shore.
b. Made of or resembling stone: stony detritus; stony concrete.
2.
a. Unfeeling or hardhearted; unemotional or unsympathetic: "Her tears had dried and she felt a stony kind of calm" (Adam Haslett).
b. Exhibiting no feeling or warmth; impassive: a stony expression.
c. Emotionally numbing or paralyzing: a stony feeling of fear.
3. Slang Relating to or indulging in the use of marijuana.

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