as in ruthless
having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings
a less stonyhearted person would not have been so indifferent to the dying man's pleas for forgiveness
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Adjective
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Serenity Maggie’s (and Sweet Magnolias‘) trip to New York was cut short as Season 5 offered a juxtaposition between small-town values and ruthless big-city corporate culture.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
11 June 2026 -
Ruffalo will voice Nero, a scrappy black cat, and Fishburne will play Rocco, a ruthless cat mob boss.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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The jokes on social media will be endless, and opposing fans will be merciless.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 May 2026
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The show was merciless with its satirical barbs against top government officials and current events, just as its parent company Paramount Skydance has pushed to acquire Warner Bros Discovery.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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There is plenty of hard work still to be done, but the raw ingredients are invariably on show to at least some degree.—
Rob Tanner,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2025
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No one wants to see your cheesy hard launch or romantic weekend upstate on Instagram anymore.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
11 Dec. 2025
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“Stonyhearted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stonyhearted. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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