stonyhearted

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adjective

Cruel, compassionless, discompassionate, as if having a heart made of stone.

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Meanings

adjectivestonyhearted (comparative more stonyhearted, superlative most stonyhearted)

comparative more stonyhearted · superlative most stonyhearted · alternative stony-hearted · alternative stonehearted · alternative stone-hearted

  1. Cruel, compassionless, discompassionate, as if having a heart made of stone.

    Synonyms: hardhearted, stonehearted, brutal, callous, cold, insensate, hardhanded, cold-eyed

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveCruel, compassionless, discompassionate, as if having a heart made of stone.

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hardheartedstoneheartedbrutalcallouscoldinsensatehardhandedcold-eyedcrueldourthick-skinnedflint-heartedforbiddingfrostygrimhardhard-boiledhardenedhardheartedheartless

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivedevoid of feeling for others

Similar
hardheartedunfeelinguncompassionate
Also see
hardheartedmarble-heartedsternuncompassionateunfeeling

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From stony + hearted.

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APA

stonyhearted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stonyhearted

MLA

“stonyhearted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stonyhearted. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stonyhearted,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stonyhearted.

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