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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 feelingsplay

2. hard as graniteplay

  Familiarity information: GRANITIC used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GRANITIC (adjective)


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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