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stony-hearted
[ stoh-nee-hahr-tid ]
stony-hearted
adjective
- unfeeling; hardhearted
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Derived Forms
- ˌstonyˈheartedness, noun
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Other Words From
- ston·y-heart·ed·ly adverb
- ston·y-heart·ed·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stony-hearted1
First recorded in 1560–70; stony ( def ) + hearted ( def )
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Example Sentences
Even this stony-hearted old man shrinks aghast at such a deed.
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The stony-hearted man was remorseless, and that night Clarence Stanly became a wanderer in the wide, wide world.
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I might have married half a dozen heiresses, but for the intervention of stony-hearted fathers.
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Even the most stony-hearted were touched by the awfulness of this great calamity.
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It may be the enchantress, or the "stony-hearted step-mother," but one part it can never play—that of the bore.
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