stony
1. abounding in rocks or stones
- rocky fields
- stony ground
- bouldery beaches
• Syn:
rocky, bouldery, bouldered
• Similar to:
rough, unsmooth
• Derivationally related forms:
stone, boulder (for: bouldery), rockiness (for: rocky), rock (for: rocky)
2. showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
- his flinty gaze
- the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart
• Syn:
flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate
• Similar to:
hardhearted, heartless
• Derivationally related forms:
stone, granite (for: granitic)
3. hard as granite
- a granitic fist
• Syn:
granitic, granitelike, rocklike
• Similar to:
hard
• Derivationally related forms:
granite (for: granitic)
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