stony

glacial, impassible

Qui ne laisse paraître ni chaleur ni émotion, notamment par le silence ou un visage figé.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : cold, expressionless

Contraires : warm

Expressions courantes : stony silence, stony expression, stony stare

pierreux, caillouteux

Qui contient beaucoup de pierres ou qui est constitué de pierres.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : rocky

Expressions courantes : stony ground, stony path, stony beach

froid, insensible

Qui montre peu de gentillesse, de chaleur ou de sensibilité envers les autres.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : cold, unfeeling, unfriendly

Contraires : warm

Expressions courantes : stony person, stony woman, stony official

dur comme la pierre

Qui est très dur, comme de la pierre.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : rock-hard, hard

Contraires : soft

Expressions courantes : stony hardness, stony surface, stony mass