Definition for Flinty:

• Like flint; hard; obdurate.

Synonyms for Flinty:

• adj.

  •adamant (adjective)
  • indestructible,
  • flinty,
  • unbreakable.
  •cruel (adjective)
  • implacable,
  • spiteful,
  • wicked,
  • monstrous,
  • hateful,
  • bitter,
  • virulent,
  • inhuman,
  • hellish,
  • malevolent,
  • sinful,
  • unnatural,
  • vengeful,
  • barbarous,
  • unrelenting,
  • brutal,
  • atrocious,
  • ruthless,
  • callous,
  • merciless,
  • fierce,
  • depraved,
  • rancorous,
  • degenerate,
  • relentless,
  • revengeful,
  • vicious,
  • poignant,
  • tyrannical,
  • painful,
  • heartless,
  • cold-blooded,
  • harsh,
  • inexorable,
  • ferocious,
  • sadistic,
  • excruciating,
  • bestial,
  • unkind,
  • bloodthirsty,
  • unfeeling,
  • pernicious,
  • evil.
  •flinty (adjective)
  • unsympathetic,
  • firm,
  • inflexible,
  • rigid.
  •hard (adjective)
  • unmerciful.
  •rocky (adjective)
  • petrified,
  • Impassible,
  • adamant,
  • bouldered,
  • insensate,
  • lithic,
  • steady,
  • rock-ribbed,
  • rocklike,
  • rugged,
  • craggy,
  • petrous,
  • solid,
  • Lapidarian,
  • jagged,
  • rockbound,
  • pitiless,
  • bloodless,
  • insensitive,
  • insensible,
  • rough,
  • stonelike.
  •severe (adjective)
  • oppressive,
  • cutting,
  • iron-handed,
  • tight-lipped,
  • serious,
  • inconsiderate,
  • grave,
  • dour,
  • astringent,
  • resolved,
  • grim,
  • close,
  • unbending,
  • hardnosed,
  • unalterable,
  • unsparing,
  • earnest,
  • strait-laced,
  • unsmiling,
  • severe,
  • peremptory,
  • unchanging,
  • disapproving,
  • ironhanded,
  • biting,
  • caustic,
  • scathing,
  • cold,
  • satirical,
  • stern,
  • resolute,
  • austere,
  • hard-nosed,
  • strict,
  • sober,
  • forbidding.
  •stern (adjective)
  • hardheaded,
  • hard-line,
  • rigorous,
  • Hard-shell,
  • mortified,
  • hard-boiled,
  • mulish,
  • stubborn,
  • disciplinary,
  • hard-core,
  • frowning,
  • ascetic,
  • dyed-in-the-wool,
  • bullheaded.
  •tough (adjective)
  • leathery,
  • hard-bitten,
  • robust,
  • dense,
  • sinewy,
  • indigestible,
  • brawny,
  • seasoned,
  • hardy,
  • resistant,
  • durable,
  • cohesive,
  • strapping,
  • Steeled,
  • fit,
  • Withstanding,
  • tight,
  • lusty,
  • vigorous,
  • healthy,
  • hardened,
  • tenacious,
  • stiff,
  • stalwart,
  • fibrous,
  • molded,
  • mighty,
  • stout,
  • resilient,
  • conditioned.

• n.

  •
  • heavy,
  • hardscrabble,
  • light.
  •
  • neutral,
  • blank,
  • passive,
  • restrained,
  • unresponsive,
  • controlled,
  • undemonstrative,
  • unemotional,
  • impassive,
  • emotionless.
  •cold-hearted (noun)
  • Cold-hearted.
  •flinty (noun)
  • hardhearted.
  •rock (noun)
  • stone.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • marble,
  • boggy,
  • waterlogged,
  • peaty,
  • alluvial,
  • pebbly,
  • chalky,
  • marshy.
  •
  • sandy.

Antonyms for Flinty:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    indulgent, pleasing, cheerful, light-headed, flighty, gentle, mirthful, complaisant, sunny, charitable, compliant, goofy, giddy, scatterbrained, pliant, agreeable, happy, laid-back, harebrained, patient, soft-boiled, accepting, willing, responsive, lenient, forbearing, pliable, pleasant, sweet, kind, benign, mild, lighthearted, glad, quiet, bland, acquiescent, soothing, tender, easygoing, easy, benignant, flexible, frivolous, bright, lax, playful, tranquil, yielding, clement, silly, merciful, merry, compromising, undemanding, soft, softhearted, amenable, inviting, featherbrained, tolerant, meek, mellow.

Flinty Sentence Examples:

• The teeth are deeply set in the bony base of the inverted palate, or rather obtrude but slightly above the surface, their office being to break down and grind to powder flinty food.

• Every turn of the wheels of the big chariot, as they ground the limestone under their weight until the flinty pebbles shed sparks, made him feel more lonely.