Granitic — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

hard as granite

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hɑːɹpˈuːnɚz/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡɹanˈɪtɪk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡɹanˈɪtɪk/

3 syllables Say it as /hɑːɹpˈuːnɚz/.

Examples

his flinty gaze
the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart
a granitic fist

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

flinty stony rocklike granitelike flint obdurate

Parts of Speech

adjective	showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings “his flinty gaze”
adjective	hard as granite “a granitic fist”

Word Forms

granite	noun	something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness)
stone	noun	the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Granit

gefühllosen Widerstand gegen zarte Gefühle zeigen

🇫🇷French

granitique

faire preuve d'une résistance insensible aux sentiments tendres

🇪🇸Spanish

granítico

mostrando una resistencia insensible a los sentimientos tiernos

🇮🇹Italian

granitico

mostrando una resistenza insensibile ai sentimenti teneri

🇳🇱Dutch

graniet

gevoelloze weerstand tonen tegen tedere gevoelens

🇵🇹Portuguese

granítico

mostrando resistência insensível a sentimentos ternos

🇷🇺Russian

гранитный

проявление бесчувственного сопротивления нежным чувствам

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ग्रेनाइट

कोमल भावनाओं के प्रति असंवेदनशील प्रतिरोध दिखाना

🇧🇩Bengali

গ্রানাটিক

কোমল অনুভূতির প্রতি অনুভূতিহীন প্রতিরোধ দেখানো

🇮🇳Tamil

கிரானைட்

மென்மையான உணர்வுகளுக்கு உணர்ச்சியற்ற எதிர்ப்பைக் காட்டுகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

గ్రానైటిక్

లేత భావాలకు అనుభూతమైన ప్రతిఘటనను చూపుతోంది

🇮🇳Marathi

ग्रॅनॅटिक

कोमल भावनांना असह्य प्रतिकार दर्शवित आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગ્રેનાઈટીક

કોમળ લાગણીઓ પ્રત્યે અસંવેદનશીલ પ્રતિકાર દર્શાવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗ್ರಾನೈಟಿಕ್

ಕೋಮಲ ಭಾವನೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಭಾವನೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ ಪ್ರತಿರೋಧವನ್ನು ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഗ്രാനൈറ്റ്

ആർദ്രമായ വികാരങ്ങളോട് വികാരരഹിതമായ പ്രതിരോധം കാണിക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗ੍ਰੇਨੀਟਿਕ

ਕੋਮਲ ਭਾਵਨਾਵਾਂ ਪ੍ਰਤੀ ਬੇਮਿਸਾਲ ਵਿਰੋਧ ਦਰਸਾਉਣਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

گرینائٹک

نرم جذبات کے خلاف غیر محسوس مزاحمت کا مظاہرہ کرنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

花岗岩的

对温柔的感情表现出无情的抵抗

🇯🇵Japanese

花崗岩の

優しい感情に対して無感情な抵抗を示す

🇰🇷Korean

화강암의

부드러운 감정에 무감각한 저항을 보인다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đá granit

thể hiện sự phản kháng vô cảm trước những cảm xúc dịu dàng

🇹🇭Thai

หินแกรนิต

แสดงการต่อต้านอย่างไม่รู้สึกตัวต่อความรู้สึกอ่อนโยน

🇮🇩Indonesian

granit

menunjukkan penolakan tanpa perasaan terhadap perasaan lembut

🇵🇭Filipino

granitiko

nagpapakita ng walang pakiramdam na pagtutol sa malambot na damdamin

🇲🇾Malay

granitik

menunjukkan penentangan tanpa perasaan terhadap perasaan lembut

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الجرانيت

إظهار مقاومة غير شعورية للمشاعر الرقيقة

🇮🇷Persian

گرانیتی

نشان دادن مقاومت بی احساس در برابر احساسات لطیف

🇹🇷Turkish

granitik

hassas duygulara karşı duygusuz bir direnç göstermek

🇮🇱Hebrew

גרניט

מראה התנגדות חסרת תחושה לרגשות רכים

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