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GRANITIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does granitic mean?
• GRANITIC (adjective)
The adjective GRANITIC has 2 senses:
1. showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
2. hard as granite
Familiarity information: GRANITIC used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
Synonyms:
flint; flinty; granitic; obdurate; stony
Context example:
the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart
Similar:
hardhearted; heartless (lacking in feeling or pity or warmth)
Derivation:
granite (something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Hard as granite
Synonyms:
granitelike; granitic; rocklike; stony
Context example:
a granitic fist
Similar:
hard (resisting weight or pressure)
Derivation:
granite (plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz)
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