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    FLINTY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: flintier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, flintiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: flintier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: flintiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelingsplay

    Example:

    the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart

    Synonyms:

    flint; flinty; granitic; obdurate; stony

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    hardhearted; heartless (lacking in feeling or pity or warmth)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Containing flintplay

    Classified under:

    Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

    Pertainym:

    flint (a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony)

    Derivation:

    flint (a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony)

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