stony-heartedness

A form of stonyheartedness — The state or quality of being stonyhearted; remorselessness, cruelty, or pitilessness.

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Meanings

nounstony-heartedness (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of stonyheartedness.

    Pain is better than numbness, and broken-heartedness better than stony-heartedness, as surely as it is better to be alive than dead.

    2013, Alec Ryrie, Being Protestant in Reformation Britain, →ISBN, page 26

Origin

From stony-hearted + -ness.

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APA

stony-heartedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stony-heartedness

MLA

“stony-heartedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stony-heartedness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stony-heartedness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stony-heartedness.

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