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- Dictionarystony/ˈstəʊni/
adjective
- 1. covered with or full of small pieces of rock: "rough stony paths" Similar Opposite
- 2. not having or showing feeling or sympathy: "Lucenzo's hard, stony eyes" Similar Opposite
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Stony means containing a lot of stones or not showing any emotion. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts with examples from the Cambridge Dictionary and Corpus.
- English (US)
A stony expression or way of behaving is one that shows no...
- Znaczenie Stony, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
stony definicja: 1. Stony ground contains a lot of stones:...
- Stony: Catalan Translation
stony translate: pedregós, ple de pedres. Learn more in the...
- Translate English to Malay
stony translate: berbatu, keras. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Stony: Korean Translation
stony translate: 돌이 많은. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Stony: Italian Translation
stony translate: sassoso, pietroso, pietroso, sassoso,...
- Stony Spanish Translation
stony translate: pedregoso, pedregoso/sa...
- Stony: Thai Translation
stony translate: ซึ่งมีหินมาก, ใจร้ายใจหิน; เย็นชา. Learn...
- English (US)
Stony means abounding in or having the nature of stone, or insensitive to pity or human feeling. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related phrases of stony.
pertaining to or characteristic of stone. resembling or suggesting stone, especially in its hardness. unfeeling; merciless; obdurate: a stony heart. Synonyms: unbending, inflexible, pitiless, flinty, hard, adamant. motionless or rigid; without expression, as the eyes or a look: a hard, stony stare. petrifying; stupefying: stony fear.
Stony means covered with or having many stones, or resembling stone in hardness or unfeelingness. Learn more about its word forms, pronunciation, collocations, and usage in sentences.
Stony means containing a lot of stones or not showing any emotion. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts and languages with Cambridge Dictionary.
Definition of stony adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Someone who's stony shows little emotion or sympathy for other people. As your math teacher hands back last week's geometry quiz, her stony face won't seem like a very good sign.