stonyadjective
uk/ˈstəʊ.ni/us/ˈstoʊ.ni/stony adjective (GROUND)
Stony ground contains a lot of stones:
The island has several stony beaches which are usually deserted.
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Geology - general words
- anticline
- auriferous
- Cambrian
- cementation
- compaction
- continental crust
- continental drift
- Cretaceous
- crustal
- deposition
- earth science
- fold
- geology
- Pleistocene
- Pliocene
- Precambrian
- Quaternary
- rocky
- subduction
- subduction zone
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stony adjective (PERSON)
A stony expression or way of behaving is one that shows no sympathy or kindness:
She gave me a stony glare as I walked into the room.
Most of her comments were met with a stony silence.
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Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
- acerbic
- acidly
- backbite
- backbiting
- backhanded
- barbaric
- bilious
- cruelty
- cutthroat
- fiendish
- hard-hearted
- have a heart of stone idiom
- malign
- pitiless
- remorseless
- ruthless
- sadism
- sadist
- unsympathetic
- waspish
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Idiom(s)
fall on stony ground