flinty

adj 1: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the

child's misery would move even the most obdurate

heart" [syn: {obdurate}, {stony}]

2: having austere inflexibility; "a flinty manner"; "granitic

morality"; "his unyielding mouth and glassy eyes"-

Marchette Chute [syn: {granitic}, {unyielding}]