stony

Speech parts

1. stony - Adjective

3. stony - Adjective Satellite

4. Stony - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.

Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rocky flint hard cold rough blank stiff impassive obdurate pebbly granitic gravelly unemotional flinty bouldery
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Antonyms

active summer soft warm sensitive smooth
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Phrases with the word

stony-broke man stony silence stony-eyed stony-grounded stony hill

Derivatives

Stonier stoniest

Anagrams

Tyson synto

Examples

I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor. Not enough to weave a banner with, but white enough to keep it from such dogs. Give them no tear! Tears pleasure them! Show honor now, show a stony heart and sink them with it! Arthur Miller

If we know where we want to go, then even a stony road is bearable. Horst Köhler

Let no one underestimate the need of pity. We live in a stony universe whose hard, brilliant forces rage fiercely. Theodore Dreiser

He who is unable to dance blames it in the stony yard. Kenyan Proverb

If God sends you down a stony path, may he give you strong shoes. Irish Proverb

He who is unable to dance says that the yard is stony. Kenyan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

stonking stonkingly stonustoxin stony coral stony iron Stony Plain