stony

gelido, impassibile

Che non mostra cordialità o emozioni, soprattutto nel silenzio o con il viso immobile.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: cold, expressionless

Contrari: warm

Espressioni comuni: stony silence, stony expression, stony stare

sassoso, pietroso

Che contiene molti sassi o è formato da pietre.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Sinonimi: rocky

Espressioni comuni: stony ground, stony path, stony beach

freddo, insensibile

Che mostra poca gentilezza, affetto o sensibilità verso gli altri.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: cold, unfeeling, unfriendly

Contrari: warm

Espressioni comuni: stony person, stony woman, stony official

duro come pietra

Molto duro, come una pietra.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: rock-hard, hard

Contrari: soft

Espressioni comuni: stony hardness, stony surface, stony mass