Flinty

Quick meaning: Flinty is an adjective meaning Resembling or containing flint; hard like flint.

Meaning

Resembling or containing flint; hard like flint.

More Meanings

1. (geology) Siliceous (including basanite).
2. (figuratively) Showing a lack of emotion.
3. (wine) Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel.

Example Sentences

flinty slate

Public opinion has turned flintier in recent years on welfare spending.

While the texture of his playing was often flinty, his licks and leads were flush with feeling.

Wines can be described with words like cigar box and “pencil lead,” or flinty or with hints of sandalwood — oenophiles can veer into what many might deem pretentiousness pretty quick.

Word Forms

• flintier
• flintiest

Synonyms for flinty

Depending on context, synonyms include unyielding, obdurate, heartless, stony, inflexible, granitic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stony, granitic, obdurate, heartless, hardhearted, inflexible.

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