stony
or ston·ey
resembling or suggesting stone, especially in its hardness.
unfeeling; merciless; obdurate: a stony heart.
motionless or rigid; without expression, as the eyes or a look: a hard, stony stare.
petrifying; stupefying: stony fear.
Slang. stone-broke.
Origin of stony
1Other words for stony
Other words from stony
- ston·i·ly, adverb
- ston·i·ness, noun
- un·ston·i·ly, adverb
- un·ston·i·ness, noun
- un·ston·y, adjective
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How to use stony in a sentence
For a man predisposed to stoniness of the heart, this surely was unwholesome liquor.
The Man of Adamant | Nathaniel HawthorneBut now I see the lady—as steep as the side of a house, and as stony—no, naught but herself can be her parallel in stoniness.
Phantom Fortune, A Novel | M. E. BraddonThe boarder glared at her in a curious kind of way, like a broadside of stoniness, but Caroline did not seem to mind it at all.
The Jamesons | Mary E. Wilkins FreemanThere was a very stoniness about her grief as if the blow had petrified her.
'Tween Snow and Fire | Bertram MitfordThe lemons, candles, and tobacco had the same astonishing quality of stoniness, and nothing yielded to the touch but the flour.
The Frozen Pirate | W. Clark Russell
British Dictionary definitions for stony
stoney
/ (ˈstəʊnɪ) /
of or resembling stone
abounding in stone or stones
unfeeling, heartless, or obdurate
short for stony-broke
Derived forms of stony
- stonily, adverb
- stoniness, noun
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