What is "flinty" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does flinty mean in English? Meaning of flinty definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "flinty" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "flinty": containing flint

Adjective

  • Meaning: containing flint
  • Synonyms: flinty
  • Meaning of "flinty": showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

    Adjective

  • Meaning: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
  • Example: his flinty gaze the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart
  • Synonyms: flint flinty granitic obdurate stony
  • Similar: hardhearted heartless
  • Adjective: Resembling or containing flint.siliceous (including basanite) flinty rock; flinty slateShowing a lack of emotion.Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel.
  • Synonyms:

    stony, cruel, firm, hard, inflexible, rigid, unsympathetic, unyielding, steely,

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