Flinty

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Containing or composed of flint.
  • adj. Unyielding; stern: a flinty manner.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Resembling or containing flint.
  • adj. Showing a lack of emotion.
  • adj. Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling, flint
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of the nature of flint; abounding in flint, or having a flint-like quality: as, a flinty rock; a flinty fracture; flinty ground.
  • Figuratively, hard as flint; obdurate; cruel; unmerciful: as, a flinty heart.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. containing flint
  • adj. showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
  • Equivalent
    Variant
    flintiest    flintier   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    inti   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    steely    stony    unyielding    gritty    unforgiving    loamy    chalky    waterworn    siliceous    glassy