stony
English · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
stony¹
- /ˈstəʊni/ UK
- /ˈstoʊni/ US
Rhymes with -əʊni
Where it comes from
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”).
adjective stonier · stoniest · stoney
- As hard as stone. a stony polymer
- Containing or made up of stones. a stony path
-
Of a person, lacking warmth and emotion.
a stony grandmother
Similar: stone cold, cold, cool, hardhearted, heartless, impassive, unemotional, unfeeling, brutal, callous, insensate, hardhanded · Opposite: passionate, warm
-
Of an action or expression, such as a look, showing no warmth of emotion; (usually also) emotionally cold, silent, and motionless or nearly so.
a stony reception
Similar: stone cold, cold, cool, frosty, unwelcoming · Opposite: welcoming, warm
-
Ellipsis of stony broke: without any money.
Seriously, Dedalus. I’m stony. Hurry out to your school kip and bring us back some money.
Similar: stone broke, almsless, arm, badly off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, boracic, broke, broken, broker than the Ten Commandments, depauperate
Stony²
Where it comes from
Blend of Steve + Tony.
proper noun
- The ship of characters Steve Rogers (Captain America) and Tony Stark (Iron Man) from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The "Stony" fandom takes the comic remediation ship or genderswap and removes it from its aesthetic relationship by placing it within a new remediated work.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: rocklike, flinty, rocky, bouldery, granitelike, granitic, hard, rough, unsmooth, obdurate, heartless, hardhearted, bouldered, petrous, lapideous, fort
Translations
Talk about this word "stony." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/stony. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. stony. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/stony "stony." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/stony.Cite this
@misc{stony_2026,
title = {stony},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stony},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
