1
[ adjective ] showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

Synonyms

obdurate flinty

Examples

"the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"

Related terms

hardhearted

2
[ adjective ] abounding in rocks or stones

Synonyms

rocky bouldered bouldery

Examples

"rocky fields" "stony ground" "bouldery beaches"

Related terms

rough

3
[ adjective ] hard as granite

Synonyms

rocklike granitelike granitic

Examples

"a granitic fist"

Related terms

hard

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Rhymes with

boney pony bony phoney coney phony rigatoni testimony crony sanctimony pallone shoshone parsimony baloney bologna macaroni pepperoni patrimony matrimony marconi abalone acrimony ceremony alimony palimony telephony

Phonetic and Homophones

S T OW1 N IY0 Stoney

Similar Spelling

Stoney stun Stan stymy stone Stine Stene stein Steen Stano stain stymie STM Stheno steamy stay_on Stamey

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