flinty


flinty (http://definr.com/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]