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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings;
- Example: "his flinty gaze"
- Example: "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"
[syn: flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate, stony]

2. hard as granite;
- Example: "a granitic fist"
[syn: granitic, granitelike, rocklike, stony]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Granitic \Gra*nit"ic\, a. [Cf. F. granitique.] 1. Like granite in composition, color, etc.; having the nature of granite; as, granitic texture. [1913 Webster] 2. Consisting of granite; as, granitic mountains. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

granitic adj 1: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart" [syn: flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate, stony] 2: hard as granite; "a granitic fist" [syn: granitic, granitelike, rocklike, stony]