stony-hearted
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of stony-hearted
First recorded in 1560–70; stony ( def. ) + hearted ( def. )
Example Sentences
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It’s sad and stony-hearted that the Lakers should unload LeBron James, recoup resources, unload his albatross-like salary, and build a championship contender bolstered by Luka Doncic.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2026
However, you'dbe stony-hearted indeed not to watch this on the edge of tears throughout.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 27, 2012
Kenneth, who had risen, bowed low and wondered how so adorably pretty a girl could be so stony-hearted.
From Those Dale Girls by Carruth, Frank Weston
Milly smiled piteously and shook her head, while she looked significantly from me toward Adelaide, as much as to say: “We know better; he is not so stony-hearted as he seems.”
From Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter by Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams)
Minola was under the impression that she was giving her sympathy to a ruined and unhappy young man, who had failed in life almost at the very beginning, and was now friendless in stony-hearted London.
From The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. by Various
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