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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...
- Stony: Norwegian Translation
stony - translate into Norwegian with the English-Norwegian...
- Stony: French Translation
stony translate: pierreux/-euse, rocailleux, glacial. Learn...
- Stony: Danish Translation
stony - translate into Danish with the English-Danish...
- Stony: Indonesian Translation
stony translate: berbatu-batu, keras. Learn more in the...
- Stony: Korean Translation
stony translate: 돌이 많은. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- 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.
Stony means of or resembling stone, or unfeeling, hard, or rigid. Learn more about its word forms, pronunciation, collocations, and usage in sentences from Collins English Dictionary.
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 containing a lot of stones or not showing any emotion. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts and languages with Cambridge Dictionary.
Stony means having a lot of stones on it or in it, or showing a lack of feeling or sympathy. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, idioms and expressions with Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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. A face with a stony expression is so lacking in feeling that it is "like stone."