stony

Betekenis (Engels)

1. As hard as stone.
2. Containing or made up of stones.
3. (figuratively) Lacking warmth and emotion.
4. (figuratively) Showing no warmth of emotion.
5. (Australia, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang) Ellipsis of stony broke: without any money.

Teenoorgestelde van

soft, passionate, warm, welcoming

Sinonieme

rocky

flinty

hard

made of stone

stone

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rugged

granitic

gravelly

bouldered

flint

bouldery

solid

stonelike

rocklike

granitelike

obdurate

stubbed

stubbly

tough

truculent

unequal

full of rocks

full of stones

of stone

cliffy

scirrhous

made of stones

rocky place

bloody-minded

flintlike

calculous

callous

cold-hearted

craggy

cruel

crusty

gravel

graveled

gritty

immovable

mineral

petrified

rockbound

steely

stiff

Vertalings

steinig

pedregoso

pietroso

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rocoso

steinern

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roccioso

🪨

πετρώδης

rocailleux

pétreo

pedregós

σκληρός

pierreux

froid

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rocós

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈstəʊni/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: stony

Geërf van Old English: stāniġ

Verwante met Skots: stany

Verwante met Fries: stienich

Verwante met Nederlands: stenig

Verwante met Duits: steinig

Verwante met Sweeds: stenig

In summary

From Middle English stony, stoni, stani, from Old English stāniġ, stǣniġ (“stony, rocky”), from Proto-Germanic *stainagaz (“stony”), equivalent to stone + -y. Cognate with Scots stany (“stony”), West Frisian stienich (“stony”), Dutch stenig (“stony, metalled”), German steinig (“stony, rocky, gravelly”), Swedish stenig (“stony, rocky, pebbly”).