stony (redirected from falling 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 or stoney

Adjective

[stonier, stoniest]

1. (of ground) rough and covered with stones: the stony path

2. (of a face, voice, or attitude) unfriendly and unsympathetic

stonily adv

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

adjective 2. cold, icy, hostile, hard, harsh, blank, adamant, indifferent, chilly, callous, heartless, merciless, unforgiving, inexorable, frigid, expressionless, unresponsive, pitiless, unfeeling, obdurate

Translations

stony [ˈstəunɪ] adj → pedregoso; [glance] → glacial

stony [ˈstəunɪ] adj → pierreux/euse, rocailleux/euse

stony [ˈstəunɪ] stone adj → steinig (fig) (silence etc) → steinern

stony [ˈstəunɪ] adj → pietroso/a, sassoso/a