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"enm:Emotions"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "fall on stony ground"
},
{
"word": "stonily"
},
{
"word": "stoniness"
},
{
"word": "stony-broke"
},
{
"word": "stony coral"
},
{
"word": "stony-faced"
},
{
"word": "stonyhearted"
},
{
"word": "stony iron"
},
{
"word": "stony-iron"
},
{
"word": "Stony Stratford"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "stony"
},
"expansion": "Middle English stony",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "stāniġ"
},
"expansion": "Old English stāniġ",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*stainagaz",
"t": "stony"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *stainagaz (“stony”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "stone",
"3": "-y"
},
"expansion": "stone + -y",
"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "stany",
"t": "stony"
},
"expansion": "Scots stany (“stony”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "stienich",
"t": "stony"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian stienich (“stony”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "stenig",
"t": "stony, metalled"
},
"expansion": "Dutch stenig (“stony, metalled”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "steinig",
"t": "stony, rocky, gravelly"
},
"expansion": "German steinig (“stony, rocky, gravelly”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "stenig",
"t": "stony, rocky, pebbly"
},
"expansion": "Swedish stenig (“stony, rocky, pebbly”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "stonier",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "stoniest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "er"
},
"expansion": "stony (comparative stonier, superlative stoniest)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "soft"
}
],
"glosses": [
"As hard as stone."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "rock hard"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "a stony path",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 443:",
"text": "The track was stony with a grassy camber up the middle.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Containing or made up of stones."
],
"links": [
[
"stone",
"stone"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "pebbly"
},
{
"word": "rocky"
},
{
"word": "shingly"
}
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "passionate"
},
{
"word": "warm"
}
],
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2012 March 19, David Denby, “Everybody Comes to Rick’s: “Casablanca” on the Big Screen”, in The New Yorker:",
"text": "When Victor Laszlo leads the demoralized French in the “Marseilles^([sic – meaning Marseillaise]),” and even Yvonne, the chippy who is sleeping with a Nazi officer, joins in, the stoniest intellectual collapses in tears.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of a person, lacking warmth and emotion."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) Of a person, lacking warmth and emotion."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cold"
},
{
"word": "cool"
},
{
"word": "hardhearted"
},
{
"word": "heartless"
},
{
"word": "impassive"
},
{
"word": "unemotional"
},
{
"word": "unfeeling"
},
{
"word": "stern"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "welcoming"
},
{
"word": "warm"
}
],
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She gave him a stony reception.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 264:",
"text": "o’er the heaps of dead, / Whose stony eyes glared in the morning light, / I trod; […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1977 April 9, “Mailer Mauls \"Perverts\"”, in Gay Community News, page 2:",
"text": "The Oscar-thrilled audience reacted to Mailer's attempt at humor in stony silence.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of an action or expression such as a look, showing no warmth of emotion."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) Of an action or expression such as a look, showing no warmth of emotion."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cold"
},
{
"word": "cool"
},
{
"word": "frosty"
},
{
"word": "unwelcoming"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "without any money",
"word": "stony broke"
}
],
"categories": [
"Australian English",
"British English",
"English short forms",
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "Seriously, Dedalus. I’m stony. Hurry out to your school kip and bring us back some money.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Short for stony broke: without any money."
],
"links": [
[
"stony broke",
"stony broke#English"
],
[
"any",
"any"
],
[
"money",
"money"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(UK and Australia, slang) Short for stony broke: without any money."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "impoverished"
}
],
"tags": [
"Australia",
"UK",
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈstəʊni/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈstoʊni/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊni"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "stoney"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hard as stone",
"word": "kivikova"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "hard as stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pétreo"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "hard as stone",
"word": "lapideus"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sangi",
"sense": "hard as stone",
"word": "سنگی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hard as stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kamienny"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kamenist",
"sense": "containing stones",
"word": "каменист"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "containing stones",
"word": "stenet"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "containing stones",
"word": "ŝtona"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "containing stones",
"word": "kivinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "containing stones",
"word": "kallioinen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "containing stones",
"word": "steinern"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "stainahs",
"sense": "containing stones",
"word": "𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍃"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "petrṓdēs",
"sense": "containing stones",
"word": "πετρώδης"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "containing stones",
"word": "köves"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "containing stones",
"word": "grýttur"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "containing stones",
"word": "saxōsus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "containing stones",
"word": "lapidosus"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "containing stones",
"word": "stengeg"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "containing stones",
"word": "steinete"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "containing stones",
"word": "steinete"
},
{
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "containing stones",
"word": "grjót"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sangdâr",
"sense": "containing stones",
"word": "سنگدار"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "containing stones",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kamienisty"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "containing stones",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pedroso"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "containing stones",
"word": "stenig"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hladen",
"sense": "of a person",
"word": "хладен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezrazličen",
"sense": "of a person",
"word": "безразличен"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of a person",
"word": "froid"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of a person",
"word": "sec"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "of a person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "frío"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sangdel",
"sense": "of a person",
"word": "سنگدل"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "of an action",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "duro"
}
],
"word": "stony"
}
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