stony (redirected from fallen on stony ground)

ston·y also ston·ey  (stn)

adj. ston·i·er, ston·i·est

1. Covered with or full of stones: a stony beach.

2. Resembling stone, as in hardness.

3.

a. Hardhearted and unfeeling; unemotional.

b. Exhibiting no feeling or warmth; impassive: a stony expression.

4. Emotionally numbing or paralyzing: a stony feeling of fear.

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stoni·ly adv.

stoni·ness n.

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stony, stoney [ˈstəʊnɪ]

adj stonier, stoniest

1. of or resembling stone

2. abounding in stone or stones

3. unfeeling, heartless, or obdurate

4. short for stony-broke

stonily  adv

stoniness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	stony - abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony ground"; "bouldery beaches" bouldered, bouldery, rocky rough, unsmooth - having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"
	2.	stony - showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart" flint, granitic, obdurate, flinty hardhearted, heartless - lacking in feeling or pity or warmth
	3.	stony - hard as granite; "a granitic fist" granitelike, rocklike, granitic hard - resisting weight or pressure

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stony

adjective

1. rocky, rough, gritty, gravelly, rock-strewn, pebble a stony track

2. cold, icy, hostile, hard, harsh, blank, adamant, indifferent, chilly, callous, heartless, merciless, unforgiving, inexorable, frigid, expressionless, unresponsive, pitiless, unfeeling, obdurate The stony look he was giving her made it hard to think.

Translations

stony [ˈstəʊnɪ] ADJ (stonier (compar) (stoniest (superl)))

1. [ground, beach] → pedregoso; [material] → pétreo

2. (fig) [glance, silence] → glacial, frío; [heart] → empedernido; [stare] → duro

stony [ˈstəʊni] adj

[ground, track] → pierreux/euse, rocailleux/euse

[voice] → blanc*(blanche); [silence] → de plomb; [expression, look] → de marbre
Her voice was stony → Elle avait la voix blanche.
stony-broke [ˌstəʊniˈbrəʊk] adj (British) → fauché comme les blés >
stony-faced [ˌstəʊniˈfeɪst] adj → au visage impassible

stony

adj (+er) ground, beach → steinig; texture → steinartig; (fig) glance, silence → steinern; person, welcome → kalt; face → undurchdringlich

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stony:

stony-broke

adj (Brit inf) → völlig abgebrannt (inf), → total blank or pleite (inf)

stony-faced

adj (= solemn) → ernst; (= impassive) → mit steinerner Miene

stony-hearted

adj → kaltherzig

stony [ˈstəʊnɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (ground) → sassoso/a; (beach) → pieno/a di ciottoli (fig) (glance, silence) → freddo/a
a stony heart → un cuore di pietra