stony

frío, inexpresivo

Que no expresa afecto ni emoción, especialmente mediante el silencio o un rostro inmóvil.

En inglés sencillo: Showing no friendly feeling or emotion, often through silence or a fixed face.

• She gave me a stony look.
• His apology was met with stony silence.
• Their faces remained stony throughout the speech.

Sinónimos: cold, expressionless

Antónimos: warm

Expresiones frecuentes: stony silence, stony expression, stony stare

pedregoso

Que tiene muchas piedras o está formado por ellas.

En inglés sencillo: Containing many stones or consisting of stones.

• We walked along a stony path.
• The stony soil is difficult to dig.
• Have you ever camped on a stony beach?

Sinónimos: rocky

Expresiones frecuentes: stony ground, stony path, stony beach

frío, insensible

Que muestra poca amabilidad, afecto o sensibilidad hacia los demás.

En inglés sencillo: Showing little kindness, warmth, or feeling towards other people.

• The stony guard refused to help.
• Her grandfather grew stony whenever visitors arrived.
• Even that stony official softened when the child smiled.

Sinónimos: cold, unfeeling, unfriendly

Antónimos: warm

Expresiones frecuentes: stony person, stony woman, stony official

duro como una piedra

Tan duro como una piedra.

En inglés sencillo: Very hard, like a piece of rock.

• The clay dried into a stony mass.
• We could not cut through the stony crust.
• The material had a stony hardness after cooling.

Sinónimos: rock-hard, hard

Antónimos: soft

Expresiones frecuentes: stony hardness, stony surface, stony mass