different between reserved vs stony
reserved
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???z?vd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???z??vd/
- Hyphenation: re?served
Verb
reserved
- simple past tense and past participle of reserve
Adjective
reserved (comparative more reserved, superlative most reserved)
- (comparable) Slow to reveal emotion or opinions.
- He was a quiet, reserved person.
- (not comparable) Set aside for a particular person or purpose.
- I'm sorry, sir, but these are reserved seats.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:taciturn
Derived terms
- reserved track
- reserved word (computing)
Related terms
- reservedly
- reservedness
Translations
See also
- shy
Anagrams
- deserver, reversed
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stony
English
Alternative forms
- stoney (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English stony, stoni, stani, from Old English st?ni?, st?ni? (“stony, rocky”), from Proto-Germanic *stainagaz (“stony”), equivalent to stone +? -y. Cognate with Scots stany (“stony”), West Frisian stienich (“stony”), Dutch stenig (“stony, metalled”), German steinig (“stony, rocky, gravelly”), Swedish stenig (“stony, rocky, pebbly”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?st??ni/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?sto?ni/
- Rhymes: -??ni
Adjective
stony (comparative stonier, superlative stoniest)
- As hard as stone.
- Synonym: rock-hard
- Antonym: soft
- Containing or made up of stones.
- Synonyms: pebbly, rocky, shingly
- (figuratively) Of a person, lacking warmth and emotion.
- Synonyms: cold, cool, hard-hearted, heartless, impassive, unemotional, unfeeling
- Antonyms: passionate, warm
- (figuratively) Of an action such as a look, showing no warmth of emotion.
- Synonyms: cold, cool, frosty, unwelcoming
- Antonyms: welcoming, warm
- (Britain and Australia, slang) Short for stony broke: without any money.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:impoverished
Derived terms
- stonily
- stoniness
- stony coral
- stony-faced
- stonyhearted
Translations
References
- “stony, adj.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1917
Anagrams
- Tonys, Tyson, synto
Middle English
Alternative forms
- stoni, stani, stani?, stany, stonye
Etymology
From Old English st?ni?, from Proto-Germanic *stainagaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st??ni?/
Adjective
stony
- Comprised or composed of stone or rock
- Made or built of stone or rock
- Covered in stones or pebbles
- Inhabiting a stony environment
- (figuratively) emotionless; stolid
- (medicine) hard, solid
Descendants
- English: stony
- Scots: stany
References
- “st?n?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-10.
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