stone-hearted

A form of stonehearted — Synonym of hardhearted.

Meanings

adjectivestone-hearted (comparative more stone-hearted, superlative most stone-hearted)

comparative more stone-hearted · superlative most stone-hearted

  1. alternativeAlternative form of stonehearted.

    But today, my friends, you and I must contend with a stone-hearted man who will not even comfort the poor with a place to sit.

    2008, Richard Doster, Safe at Home, →ISBN, page 105
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    Only a stone-hearted person could fail to have been moved by the multifaith parts of the service, and if you felt nothing when the choir sang Handel’s Zadok the Priest at the king’s anointment, you are either an algorithm or half dead.

    6 May 2023, Rachel Cooke, “It was ludicrous but also magnificent: the coronation stirred every emotion”, in The Guardian
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APA

stone-hearted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stone-hearted

MLA

“stone-hearted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stone-hearted. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stone-hearted,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stone-hearted.

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