Stony
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Stony describes something made of or resembling stone: a stony path, stony ground.
Extended uses emphasize hardness or coldness—a stony expression shows no emotion, a stony silence feels hostile and unyielding.
She gave him a stony stare and walked away.
To fall on stony ground is to be ignored or rejected, from the biblical parable of seeds landing where nothing can grow.
Devoid of empathy
- pitilessLacking any compassion
- mercilessShowing no clemency
- unfeelingWithout compassion or emotion
- callousCruelly insensitive to others
hard-hearted · unmoved · compassionless · cruel · indifferent · unsympathetic · heartless · ruthless
Without visible emotion
- coldLow temperature state
- blankWithout marks or content
- unfeelingWithout compassion or emotion
- deadpanExpressionless, especially for humor
expressionless · icy · hard · frozen · unblinking · steely · stare · gaze
Large weathered stone
- pebbleWater-smoothed small rock
- gravelLoose small rock fragments
- rubbleBroken building fragments
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
flint · shale · bedrock · crag · outcrop · scree · talus · riverbed
Without voice or sound
- wordlessLacking spoken content
- unresponsiveFailing to react or reply
- uncommunicativeUnwilling to share thoughts
- tight-lippedUnwilling to divulge
withholding · frosty · cold shoulder · rebuff · aloof · distant · unforgiving · pointed
Unable to produce
- infertileUnable to produce offspring
- hardscrabbleMarked by poverty, toil
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- rocky groundEarth littered with stones
unworkable · arid · harsh · difficult · poor · thin · depleted · marginal
cold-hearted
Devoid of empathy
callous · hard-hearted · unmoved · compassionless · cruel · indifferent · unsympathetic · heartless · ruthless · uncharitable
impassive
Without visible emotion
deadpan · expressionless · icy · hard · frozen · unblinking · steely · stare · gaze · glare
boulder
Large weathered stone
granite · flint · shale · bedrock · crag · outcrop · scree · talus · riverbed · quarry
mute
Without voice or sound
- wordlessLacking spoken content
- unresponsiveFailing to react or reply
- uncommunicativeUnwilling to share thoughts
tight-lipped · withholding · frosty · cold shoulder · rebuff · aloof · distant · unforgiving · pointed · deafening
barren
Unable to produce
- infertileUnable to produce offspring
- hardscrabbleMarked by poverty, toil
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
rocky ground · unworkable · arid · harsh · difficult · poor · thin · depleted · marginal · inhospitable
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Stonywarm
Moderately heated, or friendly
expressive · emotional · animated · tender · compassionate
Stonyreceptive
Open to input
sympathetic · responsive · open · understanding · amenable
- no stone unturnedExamine all possibilities
- set in stonePermanently fixed, unalterable
- stepping stonesRocks enabling water passage
- written in stonePermanently established, unalterable
- sticks and stonesRhyme's bone-breaking duo
- stone coldTotally without heat
stone, stones, stoned, stoning, stonily, stoniness, stonework, stonecutter, stoneware