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1. (adj.) stony
full of or abounding in stones or rock.
2. stony
resembling or suggesting stone, esp. in its hardness.
3. stony
unfeeling; merciless; obdurate.
4. stony
coldly inexpressive:
a stony stare.
5. stony
petrifying; stupefying:
stony fear.
6. stony
having stones, as fruit.
Etymology: (1560–70)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) rocky, bouldery, bouldered, stony
abounding in rocks or stones
"rocky fields"; "stony ground"; "bouldery beaches"
2. (adj) flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate, stony
showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
"his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"
3. (adj) granitic, granitelike, rocklike, stony
hard as granite
"a granitic fist"
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1. (adjective) stony
covered in stones
a stony beach
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. stony
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
2. stony
converting into stone; petrifying; petrific
3. stony
inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze
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Sense: full of, or covered with, stones
stony soil; a stony path/beach; It's very stony around here.
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 Afrikaans: klipperig |
 Arabic: حَجَري، صَخْري، مُغَطّى ب |
 Bulgarian: каменист |
 Brazilian: pedregoso |
 Czech: kamenitý |
 German: steinig |
 Danish: stenet |
 Greek: πετρώδης, που είναι γεμάτ |
 Spanish: pedregoso |
 Estonian: kivine |
 Farsi: پر از سنگ |
 Finnish: kivinen |
 French: rocailleux |
 Hebrew: מָלֵא אֲבָנִים |
 Hindi: पथरीली |
 Croatian: pun kamena, kamenit |
 Hungarian: köves |
 Indonesian: berbatu-batu |
 Icelandic: grÿttur |
 Italian: pietroso, sassoso |
 Japanese: 石だらけの |
 Korean: 돌의, 돌이 많은 |
 Lithuanian: akmenuotas |
 Latvian: akmeņains |
 Malay: berbatu |
 Dutch: steenachtig |
 Norwegian: steinet |
 Polish: kamienisty |
 Portuguese: pedregoso |
 Romanian: pietros |
 Russian: каменистый |
 Slovak: kamenistý |
 Slovenian: kamnit |
 Serbian: kamenit |
 Swedish: stenig |
 Thai: ซึ่งมีหินมาก |
 Turkish: taşlı |
 Taiwanese: 多石的 |
 Ukrainian: кам'янистий |
 Urdu: پتھریلا |
 Vietnamese: đầy đá |
 Chinese: 多石的 |
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