flinty in English dictionary

  • flinty

    Meanings and definitions of "flinty"

    • Resembling or containing flint.
    • Showing a lack of emotion.
    • Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel.
    • adjective
      Resembling or containing flint.
    • adjective
      (geology)
      Silieceous (including basanite).
    • adjective
      Showing a lack of emotion.
    • adjective
      Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel.
    • adjective
      containing flint
    • adjective
      showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"

    Synonyms of "flinty" in English dictionary

    obdurate, granitic, heartless are the top synonyms of "flinty" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of flinty

    • flinty ( comparative flintier or more flinty, superlative flintiest or most flinty)
    • flinty (comparative flintier or more flinty, superlative flintiest or most flinty)

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