STONY Synonyms: 112 Similar and Opposite Words

stony

adjective

ˈstō-nē

variants also stoney

as in ruthless

having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings the judge's stony demeanor didn't raise the defendant's hopes for a more lenient sentence

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Recent Examples of stony Except every movie tends to get five buckets, while the rest of their time curdles into Tim sharing too much about his personal life as Gregg stares on, his stony, Buster Keaton-like face saying nothing and everything. —

Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2026 That same stony resistance stymied Henry’s next attempt at commercial success, a parasol with a snap-on cover that could be changed to match a woman’s outfit. —

Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2026 The telegraph-poling parties found traces of gold in the stony hills around Pine Creek, south of Darwin, and in 1872 gold-prospecting parties began to arrive through Port Darwin. —

Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026 High Street began to slope upward, and the terrain became stonier around the sides of the road as Revere and his horse, Brown Beauty, ascended Rock Hill. —

Kostya Kennedy, Time, 16 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stony

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Reduce Wasted Spend to Fund Your Next Project Founders are ruthless about cutting overhead, yet many creatives let thousands of dollars leak away on essential work expenses like software subscriptions, tech and supplies.

— Rhett Power, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2026
Stéphane de Groodt also appears, while Jochen Hägele plays the ruthless Nazi officer Dieter Frank.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 4 May 2026