stony-hearted

[ stoh-nee-hahr-tid ]

/ ˈstoʊ niˈhɑr tɪd /

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adjective

hardhearted.

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Also stone-heart·ed

[stohn-hahr-tid] /ˈstoʊnˈhɑr tɪd/ .

Origin of stony-hearted

First recorded in 1560–70; stony + hearted

OTHER WORDS FROM stony-hearted

ston·y-heart·ed·ly, adverbston·y-heart·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby stony-hearted

stony, stony-broke, Stony Brook, stony coral, stony-faced, stony-hearted, stony-iron meteorite, stony meteorite, stony pit, Stony Point, stood

How to use stony-hearted in a sentence

Both Edgar and Julio shared the same smile and light-hearted manner that I remembered and appreciated from years ago.
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In the House, Republicans passed the budget by 219-206 with the warm-hearted help of 57 Democrats.
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And its mean-hearted message, in my opinion, has corrupted the social gospel.
Dear Evangelicals: You’re Being Had|Jay Michaelson|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Smart, so smart, and darkly handsome; a practical joker, large-hearted and fun.
Those Kansas City Blues: A Family History|Katie Baker|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

You play a sweet, soft-hearted mom in the film and John C. Reilly is the strict rule-enforcer.
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Why didn't he send a trooper to report at once instead of wasting time in going to Stony Crossing?
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
The simple honest-hearted General, who knew not the guile of their hearts, was deluded into wishing them success.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
But his head was too hot to wear a thinking cap, and no story would come at his half-hearted call.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
It took us all of the next day to make the trip to Stony Crossing and back by way of the place where Rutter was buried.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
He was a big-bodied, big-hearted, ruddy-faced, farmerlike man of fifty or so; and the service was proud of him.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow

British Dictionary definitions for stony-hearted

stony-hearted

adjective

unfeeling; hardhearted

Derived forms of stony-hearted

stonyheartedness, noun

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