stony

Like granite emotionally

Stony describes something made of or resembling stone: a stony path, stony ground.

Extended to expressions and demeanor, stony means cold, hard, and unyielding: a stony stare, stony silence.

A stony reception shows no warmth or welcome.

Her face remained stony throughout his apology.

unemotional

cold

Low temperature state

unresponsive · stoic · apathetic · dispassionate · unmoved · unfeeling · expressionless · blank · hard · icy

rocky

pebbles

Small water-smoothed stones

shingle · scree · flint · shale · granite · basalt · quartzite · riverbed · terrain · ground

barren

desolate

Bleak and abandoned

inhospitable · wasteland · lifeless · parched · unproductive · bare · dusty · fallow · harsh · rugged

Categories
Opposites
emotional expression

stonywarm

Moderately heated, or friendly

expressive · tender · friendly · compassionate · sympathetic

physical texture/composition

stonysoft

Yielding to touch

yielding · spongy · sandy · loamy · pliable

receptiveness

stonyreceptive

Open to input

sympathetic · responsive · open · moved · touched

Phrases
Family

stone, milestone, gravestone, stonework, stone's throw, stonemason, stonefish, stoniness, stoney

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G