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rocky

[rok-ee] / ˈrɒk i /
ADJECTIVE
rugged, stony
Synonyms
STRONGEST
craggy jagged rough
WEAK
bouldered flinty hard inflexible lapidarian lithic pebbly petrified petrous rock-ribbed rockbound solid stonelike
Antonyms
STRONGEST
even smooth
WEAK
dependable flat flexible happy healthy steady yielding
ADJECTIVE
unyielding, inflexible
Synonyms
STRONGEST
rough rugged tough
WEAK
adamant bloodless firm flinty hard impassible insensate insensible insensitive obdurate pitiless rocklike solid steady
Antonyms
STRONGEST
calm courteous easy even facile gentle level mild moderate nice refined smooth sophisticated weak
WEAK
dependable flat flexible happy healthy yielding
ADJECTIVE
doubtful, undependable
Synonyms
STRONGEST
shaky tricky unstable unsteady
WEAK
dizzy ill rickety sick sickly staggering ticklish tottering uncertain unreliable unwell weak wobbly
Antonyms
STRONGEST
stable steady
WEAK
dependable flat flexible happy healthy smooth yielding

Example Sentences

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The nearer term could be rocky, though, warns Thierry Larose, portfolio manager for emerging markets local debt at Vontobel Asset Management.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

Nvidia and the quantum industry have had a rocky relationship.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Xingguo is a place of stubborn, rocky land where large-scale farming has always been a struggle and poverty was, for generations, the only constant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Do not shelter under a tree or use a cliff or rocky overhang, the weather service warns.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

The light of the rainbow reached only so far into the rocky throat of the cavern.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

Vocabulary lists containing rocky

Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -y

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