Antonyms for rocky
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : rok-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɒk i |
Definition of rocky
Origin :- "full of rocks," c.1400, from rock (n.1) + -y (2); "unsteady," 1737, from rock (v.1). Meaning "difficult, hard" is recorded from 1873, and may represent a bit of both.
- The Rocky Mountains so called by 1802, translating French Montagnes Rocheuses, first applied to the Canadian Rockies. "The name is not directly self-descriptive but is an approximate translation of the name of the former Native American people here known as the Assiniboin .... The mountains are in fact not noticeably rocky" [Room]. Bright notes that "These Indians were called /assiniipwaan/, lit. 'stone Sioux', by their Cree (Algonkian) neighbors".
- adj rugged, stony
- adj unyielding, inflexible
- adj doubtful, undependable
- Melville is an island of more than a mile in circumference, with low, rocky shores.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- These form the woods which sweep from rocky shore to topmost hill.
- Extract from : « Indian Legends of Vancouver Island » by Alfred Carmichael
- What was more, before he had done with Rocky Springs he would show some of them.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- He knew that trouble was knocking at the door of Rocky Springs.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Rocky Springs one morning awoke to find that the old saloon was closed.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- It was a weakness of the citizens of Rocky Springs to watch others work.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Maybe the narrow life of such a village as Rocky Springs had had its effect.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- With a cathedral in Rocky Springs they would have felt certain of their hereafter.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- She was speculating as to what might happen with Fyles stationed here in Rocky Springs.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- That, and finding some forgotten hole of a place called Rocky Springs.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
Synonyms for rocky
- adamant
- bloodless
- bouldered
- craggy
- dizzy
- firm
- flinty
- hard
- ill
- impassible
- inflexible
- insensate
- insensible
- insensitive
- jagged
- lapidarian
- lithic
- obdurate
- pebbly
- petrified
- petrous
- pitiless
- rickety
- rock-ribbed
- rockbound
- rocklike
- rough
- rugged
- shaky
- sick
- sickly
- solid
- staggering
- steady
- stonelike
- ticklish
- tottering
- tough
- tricky
- uncertain
- unreliable
- unstable
- unsteady
- unwell
- weak
- wobbly
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