Answer:

stonier

Answer	Crossword Clue
STONIER	Less expressive
STONIER	Less sympathetic
STONIER	Less likely to gush

STONIER	More obdurate
STONIER	More hardhearted.
STONIER	More flinty.
STONIER	More unfeeling.
STONIER	Harder.
STONIER	More hard-hearted
STONIER	More unyielding
STONIER	More pitiless

STONIER	More unfeeling
STONIER	More poker-faced
STONIER	Not as warm
STONIER	Less emotional
STONIER	Harder to till, in a way
STONIER	More straight-faced

Crossword

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