stony C2+ Topic:Nature & Landscape US /ˈstoʊni/ UK /ˈstəʊni/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj full of or resembling stone; cold and unfeeling He met the apology with a stony, unforgiving silence. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · full of or resembling... rockypebblygravellyhardcoldunfeelingunyieldingflinty ↔ Opposites softtenderwarmcompassionateyielding Word family Forms stonily Derived forms stonilystoniness Related forms stone Etymology AI details From Old English 'stānig', full of stones, from 'stān' (stone) plus the adjectival suffix '-ig' (modern '-y'). stānig Old English stān Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Nature & Landscape Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # stony **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈstoʊni/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈstəʊni/ ## Meanings 1. full of or resembling stone; cold and unfeeling ## Examples - He met the apology with a stony, unforgiving silence. ## Synonyms - rocky - pebbly - gravelly - hard - cold - unfeeling - unyielding - flinty ## Antonyms - soft - tender - warm - compassionate - yielding ## Derived Forms - stonily - stoniness ## Related Forms - stone ## Roots and Affixes - Root: stānig - Root: stān ## Etymology From Old English 'stānig', full of stones, from 'stān' (stone) plus the adjectival suffix '-ig' (modern '-y'). ## AI Etymology Stony is from Old English 'stānig', full of stones, from 'stān' (stone) plus the adjectival suffix '-ig' (modern '-y'). Important recorded forms include stānig (Old English) and stān (Old English). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers full of or resembling stone; cold and unfeeling. The wider family includes derived forms such as stonily and stoniness and related words such as stone. ## Topics - Nature & Landscape - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown