stonyhearted

adjective

stony·​heart·​ed ˈstō-nē-ˌhär-təd 

: unfeeling, cruel

Synonyms

• affectless
• callous
• case-hardened
• cold-blooded
• compassionless
• desensitized
• hard
• hard-boiled
• hard-hearted
• heartless
• indurate
• inhuman
• inhumane
• insensate
• insensitive
• ironhearted
• merciless
• obdurate
• pachydermatous
• pitiless
• remorseless
• ruthless
• slash-and-burn
• soulless
• stony
• stoney
• take-no-prisoners
• thick-skinned
• uncharitable
• unfeeling
• unmerciful
• unsparing
• unsympathetic

Examples of stonyhearted in a Sentence

a less stonyhearted person would not have been so indifferent to the dying man's pleas for forgiveness

Word History

First Known Use

1567, in the meaning defined above