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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
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Words related to stony-hearted

barbarous, brutal, callous, hardened, inhuman, merciless, ruthless, cold, dispassionate, hard-boiled, hard-hearted, imperturbable, matter-of-fact, obdurate, pitiless, relentless, savage, steely, uncompassionate, unemotional

How to use stony-hearted in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for stony-hearted

stony-hearted
adjective
unfeeling; hardhearted

Derived forms of stony-hearted

stonyheartedness, noun
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