English Explanatory Dictionary

stony

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

As hard as stone.
Containing or made up of stones.
Of a person, lacking warmth and emotion.
Of an action or expression, such as a look, showing no warmth of emotion; (usually also) emotionally cold, silent, and motionless or nearly so.
Ellipsis of stony broke: without any money.

name

The ship of characters Steve Rogers (Captain America) and Tony Stark (Iron Man) from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Pronunciation

/ˈstəʊni/ /ˈstoʊni/ en-au-stony.ogg

Word forms

stony stonier stoniest stoney

Etymology

From Middle English stony, stoni, stani, from Old English stāniġ, stǣniġ (“stony, rocky”), from Proto-Germanic *stainagaz (“stony”), equivalent to stone + -y. Cognate with Scots stany (“stony”), West Frisian stienich (“stony”), Dutch stenig (“stony, metalled”), German steinig (“stony, rocky, gravelly”), Swedish stenig (“stony, rocky, pebbly”).

Synonyms

rock hard stonelike pebbly rocky shingly stone cold cold cool hardhearted heartless impassive unemotional unfeeling brutal callous cold-eyed cruel dour flint-hearted forbidding frosty grim hard hard-boiled hardened harsh humorless icy iron-hearted insensate insensitive marble-hearted rigorous rockhearted severe stern stonehearted stony stonyhearted strict tough unsympathetic unmoved unwelcoming stone broke almsless arm badly off bankrupt beggared beggarly boracic broke broken broker than the Ten Commandments depauperate destitute dirt poor disadvantaged down and out

Antonyms

soft passionate warm welcoming

Related words

stonify stony-broke Hardstone

Derived words

fall on stony ground stonily stoniness Stony Chute stony coral Stony Creek Stony Crossing stony-faced stonyhearted stony-iron stony iron Stony Stratford unstony

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