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What is the adjective for flinty?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb flint which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

flinty
  1. Resembling or containing flint.
  2. (geology) Silieceous (including basanite).
  3. Showing a lack of emotion.
  4. Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. hard, severe, stern, harsh, strict, authoritarian, rigid, tough, austere, rigorous, inflexible, ramrod, cruel, unyielding, callous, merciless, pitiless, firm, unsympathetic, unbending, adamant, heartless, relentless, unmerciful, unfeeling, obdurate, stony, steely, unemotional, heavy-handed, hard-hearted, draconian, ruthless, brutal, unrelenting, exacting, savage, oppressive, hard-nosed, stringent, inhuman, unforgiving, murderous, uncompromising, unsparing, rough, onerous, hard-boiled, barbaric, brutish … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “The flinty teacher maintained high standards for her students, demanding nothing less than excellence in all their assignments.”
      “The flinty detective interrogated the suspect, his piercing gaze and stern voice sending shivers down their spine.”
      “Its problem is that it is a very flinty wine that leaves a kind of sour aftertaste on every possible opportunity.”
flintlike
  1. Resembling flint; stony.
flintier
  1. comparative form of flinty: more flinty
  2. Synonyms:
      3. harder, severer, sterner, harsher, stricter, rigider, tougher, austerer, crueler, firmer, stonier, steelier, more authoritarian, more rigorous, more inflexible, more unyielding, more callous, more merciless, more pitiless, more unsympathetic, more unbending, more adamant, more heartless, more relentless, more unmerciful, more unfeeling, more obdurate, more unemotional, more heavy-handed, more exacting, more draconian, more oppressive, more ruthless, more stringent, more unrelenting, more unforgiving, more brutal, more uncompromising, rougher, more savage, more onerous, more hard-boiled, more inexorable, more inhuman, more illiberal, more unsparing, more astringent, more despotic, grimmer, more hardhanded … more
flintiest
  1. superlative form of flinty: most flinty
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hardest, severest, sternest, harshest, strictest, rigidest, toughest, austerest, cruelest, firmest, stoniest, steeliest, most authoritarian, most rigorous, most inflexible, most unyielding, most callous, most merciless, most pitiless, most unsympathetic, most unbending, most adamant, most heartless, most relentless, most unmerciful, most unfeeling, most obdurate, most unemotional, most heavy-handed, most exacting, most draconian, most oppressive, most ruthless, most stringent, most unrelenting, most unforgiving, most brutal, most uncompromising, roughest, most savage, most onerous, most hard-boiled, most inexorable, most inhuman, most illiberal, most unsparing, most astringent, most despotic, grimmest, most hardhanded … more
flinted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of flint
flinting
  1. present participle of flint
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