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FLINTY (flintier, flintiest)

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Dictionary entry overview: What does flinty mean?

• FLINTY (adjective)
The adjective FLINTY has 2 senses:

1. containing flint
2. showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

Familiarity information: FLINTY used as an adjective is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FLINTY (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Containing flint

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

flint (a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

Synonyms:

granitic; flinty; obdurate; stony

Context example:

the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart

Similar:

hardhearted; heartless (lacking in feeling or pity or warmth)

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