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Synonyms of stonyhearted

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Another word for stonyhearted is severe. Other synonyms of stonyhearted are cold-eyed, grim, harsh, cruel and marble-hearted.

Synonyms and similar words for stonyhearted

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

  • hardheartedLacking in compassion; cold and pitiless.
  • stoneheartedSynonym of hardhearted.
  • brutalHarsh; unrelenting.
  • callousEmotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.
  • coldWithout compassion; heartless; ruthless.
  • insensate formalUnfeeling, heartless, cruel, insensitive.
  • hardhanded
  • cold-eyedThat looks coldly or dispassionately; having a fierce or aloof mein.
  • cruelHarsh; severe.
  • dour
  • thick-skinned
  • flint-heartedSynonym of hardhearted.
  • forbiddingAppearing to be threatening, unfriendly or potentially unpleasant.
  • frostyHaving an aloof or inhospitable manner.
  • grimDismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.
  • hardSevere, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
  • hard-boiledOf a person, especially a detective, callous and unsentimental.
  • hardenedUnfeeling; pitiless; callous.
  • heartlessWithout feeling, emotion, or concern for others; uncaring; cruel.
  • harshSevere or cruel.
  • humorlessLacking humor or levity; serious; not funny, amusing, amused, or lighthearted.
  • icyCharacterized by coldness of manner; frigid; cold.
  • iron-heartedSynonym of hardhearted.
  • insensitiveNot expressing normal emotional feelings; cold; tactless; undiplomatic.
  • marble-heartedEmotionally cold, cruel, and unfeeling.
  • rigorous
  • rockheartedSynonym of hardhearted.
  • severeStrict or harsh.
  • stern
  • stonyOf a person, lacking warmth and emotion.
  • strictSevere in discipline.
  • toughStrict, not lenient.
  • unsympatheticNot sympathetic; ill-disposed.
  • unmovedNot sympathetic; uncaring.

Meaning of stonyhearted

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

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Questions about synonyms of stonyhearted

What is another word for stonyhearted?
Stonyhearted has 34 synonyms on Word.ws, such as severe, cold-eyed, grim, harsh, cruel, marble-hearted, heartless and brutal.
What does stonyhearted mean?
Stonyhearted means cruel, compassionless, discompassionate, as if having a heart made of stone.

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