Today’s word of the day is ‘Flinty.‘ Let us understand more about this word.
[responsivevoice] Flinty [/responsivevoice] [ flin-tee ]
What is this word’s grammar?
The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence.
Does the word have a past tense? What is it?
1. Stern
2. Steely
3. Hard
4. Cruel
How is the word pronounced in popular languages?
1. Hindi- Sakht
2. Spanish – De pedernal
3. French – À silex
4. Mandarin – Píqì bàozào
How to use this word in a sentence?
1. The only two Lapps in the place were supping in a corner, off curdled milk and flinty rye cakes.
2. Hard, flinty particles from the air are apt to enter the wax, so as to blunt a cutting edge.
3. You may not know it by that name, but it is that shining, flinty substance you see in sand and rock-crystal.
4. Dawson added the last because of the flinty look that had suddenly leapt into Farmer’s eyes.
5. The certain approach of death had already humanised and softened his flinty heart.
What are some synonyms of the word of the day?
Some synonyms of the word are:
What are some antonyms of the word of the day?
Some antonyms of the word are:
clement, forbearing, gentle, indulgent, lax, lenient, tolerant etc.
Quotation:
Time , beneath whose influence the pyramids moulder into dust, and the flinty rocks decay, does not and cannot destroy a fact , nor strip a truth of one portion of its essential importance.
David Thomas
Social Example:
Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible –
thou art stern, obdurate, flinty, rough, remorseless.#3HVI 1.4#ShakespeareSunday— Eeva Tenkanen (@EevaTenkanen) August 16, 2015
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