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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. abounding in rocks or stones;
- Example: "rocky fields"
- Example: "stony ground"
- Example: "bouldery beaches"
[syn: rocky, bouldery, bouldered, stony]

2. showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings;
- Example: "his flinty gaze"
- Example: "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"
[syn: flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate, stony]

3. hard as granite;
- Example: "a granitic fist"
[syn: granitic, granitelike, rocklike, stony]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stony \Ston"y\, a. [Compar. Stonier; superl. Stoniest.] [AS.
   st[=a]nig. See Stone.]
   1. 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.
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   2. Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.
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            The stony dart of senseless cold.     --Spenser.
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   3. Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate;
      perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified;
      as, a stony heart; a stony gaze.
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   Stony coral. (Zool.) Same as Stone coral, under Stone.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stony
    adj 1: abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony
           ground"; "bouldery beaches" [syn: rocky, bouldery,
           bouldered, stony]
    2: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty
       gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate
       heart" [syn: flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate,
       stony]
    3: hard as granite; "a granitic fist" [syn: granitic,
       granitelike, rocklike, stony]