granitic

Questions about granitic

What does granitic mean?

granitic means "showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in granitic?

granitic has 3 syllables: gra-nit-ic. The stress falls on "nit". In IPA it is /ɡɹəˈnɪtɪk/.

What is another word for granitic?

Close synonyms include flinty, flint, obdurate, stony, granitelike. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is granitic a common word?

granitic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.