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PRONUNCIATION OF STONY-FACED

stony-faced  [ˌstəʊnɪˈfeɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STONY-FACED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stony-Faced is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES STONY-FACED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of stony-faced in the English dictionary

The definition of stony-faced in the dictionary is with an impassive, unfriendly and unyielding expression.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STONY-FACED


ashen-faced
ˌæʃ ənˈfeɪst
baby-faced
ˈbeɪbɪˌfeɪst
barefaced
ˈbɛəˌfeɪst
bold-faced
ˈbəʊldˌfeɪst
defaced
dɪˈfeɪst
defast
dɪˈfeɪst
defaste
dɪˈfeɪst
fresh-faced
ˈfrɛʃˌfeɪst
long-faced
ˌlɒŋˈfeɪst
melamine-faced
ˈmɛləˌmiːnˌfeɪst
pale-faced
ˈpeɪlˈfeɪst
round-faced
ˌraʊndˈfeɪst
shamefaced
ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst
shitfaced
ˈʃɪtˌfeɪst
smooth-faced
ˌsmuːðˈfeɪst
sour-faced
ˌsaʊəˈfeɪst
straight-faced
ˌstreɪtˈfeɪst
undefaced
ˌʌndɪˈfeɪst
uneffaced
ˌʌnɪˈfeɪst
white-faced
ˈwaɪtˌfeɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STONY-FACED

stonewashed
stonework
stoneworker
stonewort
Stoney
stonier
stoniest
stonily
stoniness
stonk
stonker
stonkered
stonking
stony
stony coral
stony meteorite
Stony Tunguska
stony-broke
stony-hearted
stonyheartedness

WORDS THAT END LIKE STONY-FACED

baldfaced
brazen-faced
double-faced
full-faced
hard-faced
hatchet-faced
Janus-faced
light-faced
moon-faced
multifaced
open-faced
pasty-faced
po-faced
poker-faced
red-faced
snotty-faced
spaced
square-faced
two-faced
unsurfaced
wheyfaced

Synonyms and antonyms of stony-faced in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «stony-faced» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STONY-FACED

Find out the translation of stony-faced to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stony-faced from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stony-faced» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

石面
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cara de piedra
570 millions of speakers

English

stony-faced
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पथरीले का सामना करना पड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متجهم الوجه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

каменным лицом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

impassível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুরম্য মুখবিশিষ্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

au visage impassible
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berbatu-batu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

steinernem Gesicht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

石顔をした
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

돌 직면
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Stony-faced
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đá phải đối mặt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கல் முகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दगडीसारखे चेहरे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

taşlı yüzlü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

impietrito
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

z kamienną twarzą
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кам´яним обличчям
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cu pietriș , cu care se confruntă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πετρώδη -που αντιμετωπίζουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klipperige gesig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stenig -faced
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

steinete -faced
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stony-faced

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STONY-FACED»

The term «stony-faced» is normally little used and occupies the 129.751 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STONY-FACED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stony-faced

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STONY-FACED»

Discover the use of stony-faced in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stony-faced and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Money from Holme
'They were confiscated by the government of the Herr Professor Ushirombo and donated this Wutherspoon as compensatings for sudden termination his services. So Wutherspoon having fallen into indigestion – ' 'Indigence,' the stony-faced ...
Michael Innes, 2001
2
Time: A Jason Caldwell Mystery
She passed the papers around, and everyone looked them over with an unsmiling, stony-faced look. Stony-faced, I thought, how appropriate for a group of paleontologists. One of the stony faces started moving again. “Jason, you look like you ...
Roger Reid, 2010
3
Press Bias and Politics: How the Media Frame Controversial ...
The Buffalo News stated that although White "received a hero's welcome," after he began to speak, legislators "sat silently, shocked and stony-faced. . . . [White] charged on undeterred for nearly an hour as lawmakers sank lower and lower into ...
Jim A. Kuypers, 2002
4
Notes: The Psychic Dislocations of Dayton Lummis
One time in Philadelphia's City Hall—I thinkI had gone there for a visit to the tower—I saw a middle aged black man in hand cuffs being marched down a hallway by two stony-faced white detectives in plain clothes. I heard the black man say, ...
Dayton Lummis, 2011
5
Little Foreign Devil
Oppo- site me the stony-faced man and his stony-faced wife were chattering away, happy as magpies. The impish crewman swung open the cabin door. “All ashore for Sing-Sing,” he announced. “Tientsin,” awoman corrected him, cheerfully.
Desmond Power, 1996
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Harper's Magazine
up before me at last, beside his stony-faced bride — stony-faced as Niube. but as beautiful ; behind your broad face and huge eyes there may be some blessing arrived from heaven in disguise for Amelia! Only Mrs. Peterson and two or three ...
Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Lee Foster Hartman, 1866
7
Backward Moddy Boy
All his powers of persuasion would not work on one stony-faced bloke. Neither did the man recall any of their mutual acquaintances. In desperation Jason asked the man to go and get the host of the party, who could vouch for us all.
George Same, 2009
8
Men Made In American mega-bundle 2: Pros and Cons\To Tame A ...
... and she slapped it back into place. It felt good to hit something. “To questions about his past, his ex-wife, his daughter, his career, the stony-faced Sioux still responded, 'No comment.' Stony-faced was not the description Angel would use for ...
Bethany Campbell, Anne McAllister, Ingrid Weaver, 2007
9
The Horror Sensorium: Media and the Senses
In addition, not only does Max Payne 2 remediate the history of other media, it also refashions its predecessor Max Payne (Remedy, 2001), replacing the more stony-faced Max (fig. 24) with a digitally improved version that has more realistic  ...
Angela Ndalianis, 2012
10
Paradine Island
It had two stony faced passengers who disappeared while the craft was being serviced. He spoke with the pilot and was pretty sure that Abraham Hamil's organization had hired his plane." Captain Horner wanted to know, "Did these men have ...
John Talbot Donnell, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STONY-FACED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stony-faced is used in the context of the following news items.
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Gemma Collins looks stony-faced as she steps in a tie-dye pink …
The outspoken reality star was stony-faced as she enjoyed a solo stroll in her hours after the dramatic footage was aired on ITVBe on Sunday evening. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Jurors cry but Tsarnaev stony-faced as sentence read
Members of the federal jury cried but Dzhokar Tsarnaev remained reactionless as the death sentence was read out in a federal court in Massachusets. Tsarnaev ... «ITV News, May 15»
3
Katy Perry poses for a picture with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West
The 30-year-old hitmaker appeared stony-faced as she stood next to newly blonde Kim Kardashian, 34, and her rapper husband Kanye West, 37. Katy was ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
4
Stony-faced Ryan Giggs sparks speculation of Manchester United exit
Stony-faced Ryan Giggs sparks speculation of Manchester United exit. A combination of a stony countenance and a couple of throwaway comments from an old ... «Financial Express, Mar 15»
5
Just a milkshake-toting, stony-faced Frank Beamer, unmoved by his …
Virginia Tech's men's basketball team hosted a very notable opponent, No. 2 Virginia, on Sunday, so it was not surprising to find that Frank Beamer was in ... «Washington Post, Jan 15»
6
Prince Andrew breaks cover in Davos to publicly deny 'sex slave …
As he left, a member of the press asked: “Will you be making a statement under oath?” The Duke refused to answer, walking past the journalists stony-faced. «The Independent, Jan 15»
7
QUIRKY WORLD ... Marijuana industry's 'Green Mile' peace offering …
Marijuana industry's 'Green Mile' peace offering rejected by stony-faced antique dealers. Wednesday, November 12, 2014. DEALERS OLD AND NEW. USA:. «Irish Examiner, Nov 14»
8
Shocked Longmire can't explain lack of 'hardness'
A stony-faced John Longmire with his players after the game. Photo: Getty Images. Also ranked the No.1 defensive team in the league, the Swans conceded the ... «The Age, Sep 14»
9
Colman's Stony-faced One Drop Reaction Goes Viral
Footage of Daniel Colman's victory in the One Drop, which aired on ESPN on August 31, has become an overnight social media sensation, mainly because no ... «CardsChat, Aug 14»
10
Demon drink: how the hangover of prohibition lingers in Quebec
Stony-faced and sober: in the US in the 1900s the Anti-Saloon League made Prohibition a powerful force. Prohibition was rescinded in Quebec in 1919, about ... «New Statesman, Aug 14»

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