rocky
/'rɔki/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Full of hardship or trials: Characterized by difficulties, challenges, or instability.
- Liable to rock; unsteady: Not firm or stable; likely to wobble or shake.
- Abounding in rocks or stones: Containing many rocks; having a surface covered with stones.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The company's path to profitability was long and rocky. (Describes a difficult process.)
- Be careful on that rocky chair; it might tip over. (Describes something physically unsteady.)
- We hiked across a rocky shoreline to reach the lighthouse. (Describes terrain full of rocks.)
Advanced Usage
- "rocky relationship": A romantic or personal relationship marked by frequent arguments, instability, or difficulties.
- After a rocky start, their partnership became very strong.
- "rocky road": Literally, a path covered with stones. Figuratively, a course of action filled with obstacles.
- The rocky road to recovery requires patience and support.
Variants and Related Words
- Rockily (adverb): In an unsteady or unstable manner.
- The old wagon moved rockily down the trail.
- Rockiness (noun): The state or quality of being rocky (either full of rocks or unstable).
- The rockiness of the soil made farming difficult.
Synonyms
- Difficult: Hard to accomplish or endure.
- Unstable: Not steady; prone to change or failure.
- Stony: Covered with or full of stones.
Related Phrases
- On rocky ground: In a precarious, unstable, or troubled situation.
- Their agreement is on rocky ground after the recent dispute.
- Hit a rocky patch: To experience a period of difficulty or trouble.
- Every marriage can hit a rocky patch now and then.
Adjective
- full of hardship or trials
- the rocky road to success
- they were having a rough time
- liable to rock
- on high rocky heels
- causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
- a rough ride
- abounding in rocks or stones
- rocky fields
- stony ground
- bouldery beaches