rocky

Speech parts

1. rocky - Adjective

2. rocky - Adjective Satellite

3. Rocky - Proper noun

Meaning

Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore.

Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield.

Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate; as, a rocky bosom.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

stony rough bumpy difficult uncertain unstable problematic rugged uneven shaky jagged wobbly craggy jolting jumpy
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Antonyms

certain established good theatre menage constant
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Phrases with the word

Rocky Mountain toast Rocky Point rocky mountain fir rocky coast rocky shores rocky height

Derivatives

rockier rockiest

Anagrams

corky

Examples

The road of life is rocky and you may stumble too. So while you point your fingers someone else is judging you. Bob Marley

The savage, rocky shores of Christmas Island, 200 miles south of Java, in the Indian Ocean. It's November, the moon is in its third quarter, and the sun is just setting. In a few hours from now, on this very shore, a thousand million lives will be launched. David Attenborough

High on a rocky promontory sat an Electric Monk on a bored horse. Douglas Adams

We had kind of a rocky start, but I spent a lot of time working with the President and handing him statistics and showing him what we were doing as we went along and kind of saying to him, you know, this is really important. Bruce Babbitt

Watch out lest the canoe land on a rocky reef. Hawaiian Proverb

A rocky vinyard does not need a prayer, but a pick ax. Native American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

rockwool rockwork rockwren rocky biscuit rocky celestial body rocky coast