Stony | Definition of stony by Merriam-Webster

Full Definition of STONY

1

: abounding in or having the nature of stone : rocky

2

a : insensitive to pity or human feeling : obdurate

b : manifesting no movement or reaction : dumb, expressionless

c : fearfully gripping : petrifying

3

archaic : consisting of or made of stones

4

British : stone broke

— ston·i·ly \ˈstō-nə-lē\ adverb

— ston·i·ness \ˈstō-nē-nəs\ noun

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stony also ston·ey \ˈstō-nē\

before 12th century

Synonyms: affectless, callous, case-hardened, cold-blooded, compassionless, desensitized, hard-boiled, hard-hearted, heartless, indurate, inhuman, inhumane, insensate, insensitive, ironhearted, merciless, obdurate, pachydermatous, pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, slash-and-burn, soulless, hard (also stoney), stonyhearted, take-no-prisoners, thick-skinned, uncharitable, unfeeling, unmerciful, unsparing, unsympathetic

Antonyms: charitable, compassionate, humane, kindhearted, kindly, merciful, sensitive, softhearted, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, warm, warmhearted

1

: full of stones <stony soil>

2

: hard as or like stone <stony meteorites>

3

: insensitive 1, unfeeling <a stony stare>

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