- 1. 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. Source: opted
- 2. superl. Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific. Source: opted
- 3. superl. Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze. Source: opted
- 4. adj. abounding in rocks or stones Source: wordnet
- 5. adj. showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings Source: wordnet
- 6. adj. hard as granite Source: wordnet
- 7. 1. 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. 2. Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific. The stony dart of senseless cold. Spenser. 3. Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze. Stony coral. (Zoöl.) Same as Stone coral, under Stone. Source: webster
- 8. j:100 s abounding in rocks or stones s showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings s hard as granite Source: ecdict
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