stony

stony is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust.
2. superlative. Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.
3. superlative. Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze.
4. adjective. hard as granite

   "a granitic fist"

   Synonyms: granitelike, granitic, rocklike

5. adjective. showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

   "his flinty gaze"

   "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"

   Synonyms: flint, flinty, granitic, obdurate

6. adjective. abounding in rocks or stones

   "rocky fields"

   "stony ground"

   Synonyms: bouldered, bouldery, rocky

Synonyms

granitelike, granitic, rocklike, flint, flinty, obdurate, bouldered, bouldery, rocky

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in stony:

tyson

Common word forms

stonied, stonier, stonily, stoniest

Words from these letters

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