Synonyms of stony

stony

adjective

ˈstō-nē 

variants also stoney

as in stern

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stern
• grim
• ruthless
• harsh
• obdurate
• pitiless
• merciless
• indurate
• tough
• insensate
• callous
• soulless
• unfeeling
• remorseless
• inhuman
• unsympathetic
• affectless
• heartless
• insensitive
• compassionless
• unmerciful
• rough
• thick-skinned
• hard-hearted
• case-hardened
• uncharitable
• unsparing
• oppressive
• inhumane
• hard
• pachydermatous
• take-no-prisoners
• malicious
• hard-boiled
• slash-and-burn
• cold-blooded
• abusive
• desensitized
• severe
• cold
• ironhearted
• stonyhearted
• unfriendly
• ungentle
• heedless
• unthinking
• thoughtless
• uncaring
• brutal
• boorish
• inconsiderate
• unloving
• cruel
• disagreeable
• savage
• spiteful
• surly
• hateful
• virulent
• malevolent
• barbarous
• rough-and-tumble
• acrimonious
• austere
• brutish
• rancorous
• vicious
• sledgehammer
• jackbooted
• frosty
• ironfisted
• bestial
• ill-natured
• ill-tempered
• hard-bitten
• heavy-handed
• ironhanded
• mean
• knock-down-and-drag-out
• evil-minded
• knock-down, drag-out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• warm
• sensitive
• sympathetic
• gentle
• charitable
• mild
• humane
• kind
• merciful
• kindly
• compassionate
• tender
• benevolent
• friendly
• lenient
• cordial
• indulgent
• kindhearted
• gracious
• benignant
• softhearted
• tenderhearted
• warmhearted
• tolerant
• clement
• affectionate
• loving
• good-natured
• understanding
• fond
• good-tempered

Examples of stony in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Demands for credit and or removal are often met with stony silence. —Geoffrey Bunting, WIRED, 8 July 2024

Teams of workers loaded up donkeys with saddle packs full of sand, leaving stony craters at the water's edge. —David A. Taylor, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024

Pais is a knockout for unabashedly fruity, forward enjoyment, especially served cold, but this bottling, sourced from 200-year-old vines is brim with bold cherry and raspberry flavors elevated by streaks of mint and stony minerality. —Anna Lee Iijima, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2024

A day after those raids, Thao and the Duong family responded with a mix of stony silence and cautious pleas for patience. —Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024