English-Thai Dictionary

stony

ADJ ซึ่ง มี หิน มาก  rocky sueng-me-hin-mak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STONY

a.[G.] 1. Made of stone; as a stony tower.
2. Consisting of stone; as a stony cave.
3. Full of stones; abounding with stones; as stony ground.
4. Petrifying; as the stony dart of senseless cold.
5. Hard; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; as a stony heart.
6. Insensible; obdurate; perverse; morally hard.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STONY

Ston "y, a. [Compar. Stonier; superl. Stoniest.] Etym: [AS. stanig.See Stone. ]

 

1. 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.

 

2. Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific. The stony dart of senseless cold. Spenser.

 

3. Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze. Stony coral. (Zoöl.) Same as Stone coral, under Stone.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

stony

ston y |ˈstōnē ˈstoʊni | ▶adjective ( stonier, stoniest ) covered with or full of small pieces of rock: rough stony paths. • made of or resembling stone: stony steps. • not having or showing feeling or sympathy: Lorenzo's hard, stony eyes | [ in combination ] : he walked away, stony-faced. • Astronomy (of a meteorite ) consisting mostly of rock, as opposed to metal. PHRASES fall on stony ground (of words or a suggestion ) be ignored or badly received. [with biblical reference to the parable of the sower (Matt. 13:5 ).]DERIVATIVES ston i ly |-nəlē |adverb, ston i ness noun ORIGIN Old English stānig (see stone, -y 1 ).

 

stony coral

ston y cor al ▶noun see coral ( sense 2 ).

 

stony-hearted

ston y-heart ed |ˈstoʊni ˈˌhɑrdəd | ▶adjective cruel or unfeeling.

 

stony-iron

ston y-i ron Astronomy ▶adjective (of a meteorite ) containing appreciable quantities of both rock and iron. ▶noun a stony-iron meteorite.

 

Oxford Dictionary

stony

stony |ˈstəʊni | ▶adjective ( stonier, stoniest ) 1 covered with or full of small pieces of rock: rough stony paths. • made of or resembling stone: stony steps. • Astronomy (of a meteorite ) consisting mostly of rock, as opposed to metal. 2 not having or showing feeling or sympathy: Lucenzo's hard, stony eyes | [ in combination ] : he walked away, stony-faced. PHRASES fall on stony ground (of words or a suggestion ) be ignored or badly received. [with biblical reference to the parable of the sower (Matt. 13:5 ).]DERIVATIVES stonily adverb, stoniness noun ORIGIN Old English stānig (see stone, -y 1 ).

 

stony broke

stony broke ▶adjective Brit. informal entirely without money.

 

stony-hearted

stony-hearted ▶adjective very cruel or unfeeling.

 

stony-iron

stony-iron Astronomy ▶adjective (of a meteorite ) containing appreciable quantities of both rock and iron. ▶noun a stony-iron meteorite.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

stony

stony adjective 1 a stony path: rocky, pebbly, gravelly, shingly; rough, hard. ANTONYMS smooth. 2 a stony stare: unfriendly, hostile, cold, chilly, frosty, icy; hard, flinty, steely, stern, severe; fixed, expressionless, blank, poker-faced, deadpan; unfeeling, uncaring, unsympathetic, indifferent, cold-hearted, callous, heartless, hard-hearted, stony-hearted, merciless, pitiless. ANTONYMS friendly, sympathetic.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

stony

stony adjective 1 a stony path: rocky, rock-strewn, pebbly, gravelly, shingly, gritty; rough, hard, rugged. ANTONYMS smooth. 2 his questions were met with a stony stare: 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; literary adamantine; rare indurate, marble-hearted, Rhadamanthine. ANTONYMS friendly, sympathetic.

 

stony broke

stony broke adjective Brit. informal See penniless.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

stony

ston y /stóʊni /→stone 1 形容詞 -ier ; -iest 1 〈道路 土などが 〉石の , 石の多い , 石ころだらけの , 石で覆われた ▸ a stony road 石の多い [石敷きの ]道路 2 〈表情 態度などが 〉冷酷な , 固い , 無情な , 無慈悲の ; 無表情の ; (石のように )じっと動かない ▸ a stony expression 冷酷な表情 ▸ with stony eyes 無情なまなざしで ▸ in stony silence 石のようにじっと黙って ～̀ br ó ke ｟英 くだけて ｠一文なしの .st ó n i ly 副詞 st ó n i ness 名詞

 

stony-faced

st ò ny-f á ced /-t /形容詞 ＝stone-faced .