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stony adjective [ ˈstəʊni ]

• covered with or full of small pieces of rock.
• "rough stony paths"
Similar: rocky, rock-strewn, pebbly, gravelly, shingly, gritty, rough, hard, rugged,
Opposite: smooth,
• not having or showing feeling or sympathy.
• "Lucenzo's hard, stony eyes"
Similar: unfriendly, cold, chilly, frosty, icy, frigid, hard, flinty, steely, stern, severe, fixed, expressionless, blank, poker-faced, deadpan, unfeeling, uncaring, unsympathetic, lacking compassion, insensitive, unmoved, indifferent, unresponsive, cold-hearted, callous, heartless, tough, hard-hearted, stony-hearted, inflexible, unbending, unyielding, uncompromising, merciless, pitiless, ruthless, unforgiving, hostile, adamantine, indurate, marble-hearted, Rhadamanthine,
Opposite: friendly, sympathetic,
Origin: Old English stānig (see stone, -y1).

fall on stony ground

• (of words or a suggestion) be ignored or badly received.
"their constructive advice fell on stony ground"



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