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FLINTY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: flintier    , flintiest   

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

Example:

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

Synonyms:

flint; flinty; granitic; obdurate; stony

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Containing flint

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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

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