stony: Meaning and Definition of

ston•y

1. full of or abounding in stones or rock: a stony beach.
2. pertaining to or characteristic of stone.
3. resembling or suggesting stone, esp. in its hardness.
4. unfeeling; merciless; obdurate: a stony heart.
5. motionless or rigid; without expression, as the eyes or a look: a hard, stony stare.
6. petrifying; stupefying: stony fear.
7. having a stone or stones, as fruit.
8. stone-broke.