Dictionary Entry
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
- 1superlative
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.
- 2superlative
Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.
- 3superlative
Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze.
- 4adjective
hard as granite
"a granitic fist"
Synonyms
- 5adjective
showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
"his flinty gaze"
"the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"
- 6adjective
abounding in rocks or stones
"rocky fields"
"stony ground"
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