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stony

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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.
stoni·ly adv.
stoni·ness n.
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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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
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


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In a suit of coarse flannel with horn buttons, a yellow neckerchief with draggled ends, an old hat more russet-coloured than black, and laced boots of the hue of his stony calling, Durdles leads a hazy, gipsy sort of life, carrying his dinner about with him in a small bundle, and sitting on all manner of tombstones to dine.
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Suddenly he found himself confronted by a dreadful figure clad in a shroud, whose pallor and stony eyes smote him with a horrible apprehension.
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Before this time- indeed, as soon as he began to grow celebrated--his admirers had found out the resemblance between him and the Great Stone Face; and so much were they struck by it, that throughout the country this distinguished gentleman was known by the name of Old Stony Phiz.
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