Flinty
['flɪntɪ] or ['flɪnti]
Definition
(adj.) showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; 'his flinty gaze'; 'the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart' .
(adj.) containing flint .
Typed by Belinda--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling, flint; as, a flinty rock; flinty ground; a flinty heart.
Editor: Lora
Examples
- Yet, human fellowship infused some nourishment into the flinty viands, and struck some sparks of cheerfulness out of them. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Then the two got mixed up in a man's mind with a flinty old rascal who had to do with both. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Editor: Lora