He had a stony face, etched by time.
Source: tatoeba (1103063)
Stony
//ˈstəʊni//
Synonyms for "stony" (234 found)
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Closest matches (47)
Strong matches (70)
Adjective(30 words)
Adjective(4 words)
Related words (117)
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pennilessphilistinepitilesspoorporphyriticpoverty-strickenproof againstraggedresistantresistiverock-ribbedrock-strewnrock-studdedrockboundrocklikerockyruggedrugoserugoussandysaw toothedsaw-toothedsawtoothscraggedscragglyscraggyserrateserratedshingledshinglysnaggedsnaggledsnaggysolidsteeledsteeled againststeellikesteelystone-brokestonelikestrappedthick skinnedthick-skinnedtoughtrachyticuncompassionateunfeelingunresponsiveunsentimentalunsympatheticwrinkled
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Antonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
6 entriesderived
13 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πετρώδης adj (containing stones)
Bulgarian
3 entries- безразличен adj (of a person)
- каменист adj (containing stones)
- хладен adj (of a person)
Danish
1 entries- stenet adj (containing stones)
Esperanto
1 entries- ŝtona adj (containing stones)
Finnish
3 entries- kallioinen adj (containing stones)
- kivikova adj (hard as stone)
- kivinen adj (containing stones)
French
2 entries- froid adj (of a person)
- sec adj (of a person)
Galician
3 entries- duro adj (of an action)
- frío adj (of a person)
- pétreo adj (hard as stone)
German
1 entries- steinern adj (containing stones)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍃 adj (containing stones)
Hungarian
1 entries- köves adj (containing stones)
Icelandic
1 entries- grýttur adj (containing stones)
Latin
3 entries- lapideus adj (hard as stone)
- lapidosus adj (containing stones)
- saxōsus adj (containing stones)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- stengeg adj (containing stones)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- steinete adj (containing stones)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- steinete adj (containing stones)
Old Norse
1 entries- grjót adj (containing stones)
Persian
3 entries- سنگدار adj (containing stones)
- سنگدل adj (of a person)
- سنگی adj (hard as stone)
Polish
2 entries- kamienisty adj (containing stones)
- kamienny adj (hard as stone)
Portuguese
1 entries- pedroso adj (containing stones)
Swedish
1 entries- stenig adj (containing stones)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Tom's joke was met with stony silence.
Source: tatoeba (4482760)
For stony limits cannot hold love out.
Source: tatoeba (6220010)
In the case of stony or hard corals, these polyp conglomerates grow, die, and endlessly repeat the cycle over time, slowly laying the limestone foundation for coral reefs and giving shape to the familiar corals that reside there. Because of this cycle of growth, death, and regeneration among individual polyps, many coral colonies can live for a very long time.
Source: tatoeba (6684493)
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