stony-hearted

[ stoh-nee-hahr-tid ]
/ ˈstoʊ niˈhɑr tɪd /
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adjective

hardhearted.

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Origin of stony-hearted

First recorded in 1560–70

OTHER WORDS FROM stony-hearted

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

Words nearby stony-hearted

stony meteorite, stony pit, stony point, stony-broke, stony-faced, stony-hearted, stony-iron meteorite, stood, stooge, stook, stookey-scarff operation
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Words related to stony-hearted

barbarous, ruthless, inhuman, callous, brutal, hardened, merciless, cold, cold-hearted, compassionless, dispassionate, hard, hard-boiled, hardhearted, heartless, imperturbable, matter-of-fact, obdurate, pitiless, relentless

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British Dictionary definitions for stony-hearted

stony-hearted

adjective

unfeeling; hardhearted

Derived forms of stony-hearted

stonyheartedness, noun
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