stony adj

stony adj
Peach - A popular synonym for Fair Woman, probably because the peach is largely a skin and stony at heart.

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  • stony — [adj] hard, icy in appearance, response adamant, blank, callous, chilly, cold, coldblooded, coldhearted, cruel, expressionless, firm, frigid, hard boiled*, hardened, heartless, hostile, indifferent, inexorable, inflexible, merciless, obdurate,… …   New thesaurus

  • stony — adj. (stonier, stoniest) 1 full of or covered with stones (stony soil; a stony road). 2 a hard, rigid. b cold, unfeeling, uncompromising (a stony stare; a stony silence). Phrases and idioms: stony broke Brit. sl. entirely without money. stony… …   Useful english dictionary

  • stony-hearted — stony heartedly, adv. stony heartedness, n. /stoh nee hahr tid/, adj. hard hearted. [1560 70] * * * …   Universalium

  • stony-faced — adj also stone faced showing no emotion or friendliness ▪ Tony stared at me in stony faced silence …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • stony-hearted — stony heartedly, adv. stony heartedness, n. /stoh nee hahr tid/, adj. hard hearted. [1560 70] …   Useful english dictionary

  • stony — adj penniless. A shortened form of stony broke , heard especially in Australia …   Contemporary slang

  • stony — or stoney [stōn′ē] adj. stonier, stoniest [ME < OE stanig] 1. covered with or having many stones 2. of or like stone; specif., a) hard b) unfeeling; pitiless c) cold; fixed; rigid …   English World dictionary

  • stony — adj 1. rocky, rock strewn, rock ribbed, pebbly, Brit. shingly, gravelly, gritty, cobbled; rough, jagged, bumpy. 2. lithic, hard, adamantine, adamant, granite, marble, rock hard; petrified, ossified, hardened; craggy, flinty, impervious,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • stony — [[t]sto͟ʊni[/t]] stonier, stoniest 1) ADJ GRADED Stony ground is rough and contains a lot of stones. The steep, stony ground is well drained. ...a stony track. Syn: pebbly 2) ADJ GRADED A stony expression or attitude does not show any sympathy or …   English dictionary

  • stony — ston|y [ˈstəuni US ˈstou ] adj 1.) covered by stones or containing stones ▪ stony soil 2.) not showing any friendliness or pity ▪ stony faces ▪ a stony silence 3.) fall on stony ground if a request, suggestion, joke etc falls on stony ground, it… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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