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ston·y

also ston·ey (stō′nē)

adj. ston·i·er, ston·i·est

a. Covered with or full of stones: a stony shore.

b. Made of or resembling stone: stony detritus; stony concrete.

a. Unfeeling or hardhearted; unemotional or unsympathetic: "Her tears had dried and she felt a stony kind of calm" (Adam Haslett).

b. Exhibiting no feeling or warmth; impassive: a stony expression.

c. Emotionally numbing or paralyzing: a stony feeling of fear.

3. Slang Relating to or indulging in the use of marijuana.

ston′i·ly adv.

ston′i·ness n.

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stony

(ˈstəʊnɪ) or

stoney

adj, stonier or stoniest

1. of or resembling stone

2. abounding in stone or stones

3. unfeeling, heartless, or obdurate

4. short for stony-broke

ˈstonily adv

ˈstoniness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ston•y

or ston•ey

(ˈstoʊ ni)

adj. ston•i•er, ston•i•est.

1. full of or abounding in stones or rock.

2. resembling or suggesting stone, esp. in its hardness.

3. unfeeling; merciless; obdurate.

4. coldly inexpressive: a stony stare.

5. petrifying; stupefying: stony fear.

6. having stones, as fruit.

[before 1000]

ston′i•ly, adv.

ston′i•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	stony - abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony ground"; "bouldery beaches" bouldered, bouldery, rocky rough, unsmooth - having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"
	2.	stony - showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart" flint, granitic, obdurate, flinty hardhearted, heartless - lacking in feeling or pity or warmth
	3.	stony - hard as granite; "a granitic fist" granitelike, rocklike, granitic hard - resisting weight or pressure

stony

adjective

1. rocky, rough, gritty, gravelly, rock-strewn, pebble a stony track

2. cold, icy, hostile, hard, harsh, blank, adamant, indifferent, chilly, callous, heartless, merciless, unforgiving, inexorable, frigid, expressionless, unresponsive, pitiless, unfeeling, obdurate The stony look he was giving her made it hard to think.

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Translations

حَجَري، صَخْري، مُغَطّى بالحِجارَهقاسٍ، جاف

kamenitýledový

isnende

steinern steinig

pedregoso

rocailleux

köves

grÿtturkaldur

pietroso freddo

steinet steinhard

kamenistý

kamnit

buz gibisoğuktaşlı

冷酷的多石的

stony

[ˈstəʊnɪ] ADJ (stonier (compar) (stoniest (superl)))

1. [ground, beach] → pedregoso; [material] → pétreo

2. (fig) [glance, silence] → glacial, frío; [heart] → empedernido; [stare] → duro

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

stony

[ˈstəʊni] adj

[ground, track] → pierreux/euse, rocailleux/euse

[voice] → blanc(blanche); [silence] → de plomb; [expression, look] → de marbre
Her voice was stony → Elle avait la voix blanche.stony-broke [ˌstəʊniˈbrəʊk] adj (British) → fauché comme les blés stony-faced [ˌstəʊniˈfeɪst] adj → au visage impassible

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

stony

adj (+er) ground, beach → steinig; texture → steinartig; (fig) glance, silence → steinern; person, welcome → kalt; face → undurchdringlich

stony

stony-broke

adj (Brit inf) → völlig abgebrannt (inf), → total blank or pleite (inf)

stony-faced

adj (= solemn) → ernst; (= impassive) → mit steinerner Miene

stony-hearted

adj → kaltherzig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

stony

[ˈstəʊnɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (ground) → sassoso/a; (beach) → pieno/a di ciottoli (fig) (glance, silence) → freddo/a
a stony heart → un cuore di pietra

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

stone

(stəun) noun

1. (also adjective) (of) the material of which rocks are composed. limestone; sandstone; a stone house; stone walls; In early times, men made tools out of stone.

2. a piece of this, of any shape or size. He threw a stone at the dog.

3. a piece of this shaped for a special purpose. a tombstone; paving-stones; a grindstone.

4. a gem or jewel. She lost the stone out of her ring; diamonds, rubies and other stones.

5. the hard shell containing the nut or seed in some fruits eg peaches and cherries. a cherry-stone.

6. a measure of weight still used in Britain, equal to 6.35 kilogrammes. She weighs 9.5 stone.

7. a piece of hard material that forms in the kidney, bladder etc and causes pain.

verb

1. to throw stones at, especially as a ritual punishment. Saint Stephen was stoned to death.

2. to remove the stones from (fruit). She washed and stoned the cherries.

ˈstony adjective

1. full of, or covered with, stones. stony soil; a stony path/beach; It's very stony around here.

2. (of a person's expression etc) like stone in coldness, hardness etc. He gave me a stony stare.

ˈstonily adverb

ˈstoniness noun

ˌstone-ˈcold, ˌstone-ˈdead, ˌstone-ˈdeaf adjective

completely cold, dead, or deaf. He's almost stone-deaf; Your soup is stone-cold. He was stone-dead.

ˈstoneware noun, adjective

(of) a hard type of pottery made of clay containing pieces of stone. a stoneware jug.

ˈstonework noun

construction done in stone, especially the stone parts of a building.

leave no stone unturned

to try every possible means. The police left no stone unturned to (try to) find the child.

a stone's throw

a very short distance. They live only a stone's throw away from here.

References in classic literature ?

Well, they had no difficulty in recalling that dramatic episode, for it had occurred only a few days before; and a version of it that would have melted the stoniest heart had been presented to every girl in the village by Minnie Smellie herself, who, though it was Rebecca and not she who came off victorious in the bloody battle of words, nursed her resentment and intended to have revenge.

View in context

She searched in the pocket of her gown, drew out a pair of black lace mittens, put them on with the stoniest and steadiest composure, and then quietly crossed her hands in her lap.

View in context

In his eel capacity, Oshio can meander into the stoniest of hearts in a jiffy, penetrating all the erected barricades therein without giving notice to the janitor of the heart.

Allegory Of The Talking Bird And Our Dwindling Quality Of Mercy

Only the stoniest heart would have denied him a fairytale sunset.

The choirboy with a steely determination

If ever there was a PM between a rock and a hard place, Mrs May stands on the stoniest ground there is.

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Only the stoniest heart could not share the pain of a decent man who somehow kept going despite losing both his parents in the space of three months.

Steve Bruce's message to devastated Aston Villa players after Championship play-off final defeat to Fulham; Bruce was denied a record-breaking fifth promotion to the Premier League after the 1-0 defeat at Wembley

Some rock 'n' roll girls rolling Js and some of the heaviest, stoniest jams I'd heard in a long time.

NOTES from the UNDERGROUND

Bearing in mind the Valais is a hill breed, grazing the steepest, stoniest slopes of the Alps, he has been impressed by their performance.

No wonder they've the world's cutest se been called sheep breed; A COMMERCIAL DAIRY FARMER AND HIS OLD FRIEND SENSED NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES WITH SWISS VALAIS BLACKNOSE SHEEP

A sturdy breed that was only registered in 1962, the sheep graze easily on the steepest, stoniest slopes, their large size meaning they can provide their owners with meat as well as wool.

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(2007/12) Philomena Fri 9pm BBC2 Based on real events, here's a tale to melt even the stoniest of hearts.

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The heart wrenching images of young Aylan, clad in a red shirt and blue shorts, lying on the shores of the Turkish beach that went viral on the social media are enough to prick the consciousness of the stoniest hearts around.

Of silent screams

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