stony

or ston·ey

[ stoh-nee ]

/ ˈstoʊ ni /

adjective, ston·i·er, ston·i·est.

full of or abounding in stones or rock: a stony beach.

pertaining to or characteristic of stone.

resembling or suggesting stone, especially in its hardness.

unfeeling; merciless; obdurate: a stony heart.

motionless or rigid; without expression, as the eyes or a look: a hard, stony stare.

petrifying; stupefying: stony fear.

having a stone or stones, as fruit.

Slang. stone-broke.

Origin of stony

before 1000; Middle English; Old English stānig. See stone, -y¹

SYNONYMS FOR stony

1 rocky, pebbly.

4 adamant, hard, flinty, pitiless, inflexible, unbending.

OTHER WORDS FROM stony

ston·i·ly, adverb ston·i·ness, noun un·ston·i·ly, adverb un·ston·i·ness, noun

un·ston·y, adjective

Words nearby stony

stoney creek, stonington, stonk, stonker, stonkered, stony, stony brook, stony coral, stony meteorite, stony pit, stony point

Example sentences from the Web for stoniness

For a man predisposed to stoniness of the heart, this surely was unwholesome liquor.

The Man of Adamant |Nathaniel Hawthorne
Rousille ran along the road, unheeding the stoniness of the way.

Autumn Glory |Ren Bazin
However, not even Mawson's stoniness could quite repress all her feeling of wonder-growing joy.

Rich Man, Poor Man |Maximilian Foster
The lemons, candles, and tobacco had the same astonishing quality of stoniness, and nothing yielded to the touch but the flour.

The Frozen Pirate |W. Clark Russell

Gone is the mass of the mountains, the stoniness of rocks, the hard solidity of iron.

The Conquest of Fear |Basil King

British Dictionary definitions for stoniness

stony

stoney

/ (ˈstəʊnɪ) /

adjective stonier or stoniest

of or resembling stone

abounding in stone or stones

unfeeling, heartless, or obdurate

short for stony-broke

Derived forms of stony

stonily, adverb stoniness, noun

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

stony

or ston·ey

adjective, ston·i·er, ston·i·est.

Origin of stony

SYNONYMS FOR stony

OTHER WORDS FROM stony

Words nearby stony

Example sentences from the Web for stoniness

British Dictionary definitions for stoniness

stoney

adjective stonier or stoniest

Derived forms of stony

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

stony

or ston·ey

adjective, ston·i·er, ston·i·est.

Origin of stony

SYNONYMS FOR stony

OTHER WORDS FROM stony

Words nearby stony

Example sentences from the Web for stoniness

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stoney

adjective stonier or stoniest

Derived forms of stony

British Dictionary definitions for stoniness