Flinty

//ˈflɪnti//

Synonyms for "flinty" (130 found)

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Adjective(1 words)
flint

Strong matches (39)

Adjective(2 words)
graniticobdurate

Related words (65)

Adjective(1 words)
stony

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Translations

15 translations across 3 languages.

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Bulgarian

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  • безчувствен adj (Showing a lack of emotion.)
  • кремъчен adj (Resembling or containing flint.)
  • суров adj (Showing a lack of emotion.)

German

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  • Feuerstein adj (Silieceous; flinty rock, flinty slate.)
  • Feuerstein adj (Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines.)
  • Kiesel adj (Silieceous; flinty rock, flinty slate.)
  • feuersteinartig adj (Resembling or containing flint.)

Polish

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  • krzemienny adj (Resembling or containing flint.)

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It was late at night and frosty; high above them on the hills the cloppety clop, cloppety clop of a horse's hooves picking their way on the flinty stone track died away in the distance.

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flinty rock

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flinty slate

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Public opinion has turned flintier in recent years on welfare spending.

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