'Flinty' definitions:
Definition of 'flinty'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Flinty'
From: GCIDE
- Flinty \Flint"y\, a. [Compar. Flintier; superl. Flintiest.] Consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling, flint; as, a flinty rock; flinty ground; a flinty heart. [1913 Webster]
- Flinty rock, or Flinty state, a siliceous slate; -- basanite is here included. See Basanite. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'flinty'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adamant,
- adamantine,
- bony,
- bowelless,
- callous,
- calloused,
- case-hardened,
- cast-iron,
- cement,
- cemental,
- concrete,
- constant,
- corneous,
- cruel,
- dense,
- diamondlike,
- dog-eat-dog,
- dour,
- dure,
- firm,
- fixed,
- flintlike,
- granitelike,
- granitic,
- grim,
- hard,
- hard as nails,
- hard-core,
- hardened,
- hardhearted,
- harsh,
- heartless,
- horny,
- immovable,
- immutable,
- impervious,
- implacable,
- impliable,
- inclement,
- indurated,
- inelastic,
- inexorable,
- inflexible,
- insensitive,
- intransigent,
- inured,
- iron,
- iron-hard,
- ironlike,
- irreconcilable,
- lapideous,
- lithic,
- lithoid,
- lithoidal,
- loyal,
- marble,
- marblelike,
- merciless,
- obdurate,
- osseous,
- pachydermatous,
- petrified,
- petrogenic,
- Philistine,
- pitiless,
- proof against,
- relentless,
- remorseless,
- resistant,
- resistive,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- rock,
- rock-ribbed,
- rocklike,
- rocky,
- ruthless,
- set,
- settled,
- slaty,
- solid,
- sot,
- staunch,
- steadfast,
- steady,
- steeled against,
- steellike,
- steely,
- stern,
- stiff,
- stone,
- stonelike,
- stony,
- thick-skinned,
- tough,
- true,
- unaffected,
- unalterable,
- unbending,
- unchangeable,
- uncompassionate,
- uncompassioned,
- uncompromising,
- undeflectable,
- unfeeling,
- unflappable,
- unforgiving,
- ungiving,
- unmerciful,
- unmoved,
- unpitiful,
- unpitying,
- unrelenting,
- unremorseful,
- unshaken,
- unswerving,
- unsympathetic,
- unsympathizing,
- unyielding,
- without mercy