flinty
/ˈflɪnti/
adjective
- Hard and unyielding in manner or expression; showing no emotion or sympathy.
- The teacher gave a flinty stare to the noisy students.
- His flinty response showed he would not change his mind.
- She had a flinty determination that helped her succeed.
- Containing or resembling flint; very hard and tough.
- The bread had a flinty crust that was hard to bite.
- The soil was flinty and difficult to dig.
- They walked along a flinty path that hurt their feet.
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