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Meaning of 'stony' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Stony [ superl.]
- Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust.
- Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.
- Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze.

Meaning of 'stony' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . stony [ s]
Meaning (1):
- hard as granite
Example in sentence:
  • a granitic fist
Meaning (2):
- abounding in rocks or stones
Example in sentence:
  • bouldery beaches;
  • rocky fields;
  • stony ground
Meaning (3):
- showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
Example in sentence:
  • his flinty gaze;
  • the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart

Nearby Words:

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