Found 2 items, similar to flinty.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: flinty
flinty
adj 1: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings;
“the
child's misery would move even the most obdurate
heart” [syn:
obdurate,
stony]
2: having austere inflexibility;
“a flinty manner”;
“granitic
morality”;
“his unyielding mouth and glassy eyes”-
Marchette Chute [syn:
granitic,
unyielding]
[also:
flintiest,
flintier]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Flinty
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]