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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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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. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Idiom. fall on stony ground.
The meaning of STONY is abounding in or having the nature of stone : rocky. How to use stony in a sentence.
1. adjective. Stony ground is rough and contains a lot of stones. The steep, stony ground is well drained. ...a stony track. Synonyms: rocky, rough, gritty, gravelly More Synonyms of stony. 2. adjective. A stony expression or attitude does not show any sympathy or friendliness. She gave me the stoniest look I ever got.
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. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Idiom. fall on stony ground.
Stony definition: full of or abounding in stones or rock. See examples of STONY used in a sentence.
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."
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.