rocky
adjective
1. abounding in rocks or stones
- rocky fields
Similar word(s): rough, unsmooth, bouldered, bouldery, stony
2. causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
- the table was rocky, so we put a book under one leg.
Similar word(s): bumpy, jolting, jolty, jumpy, rough
3. unstable; liable to rock.
- on high rocky heels
Similar word(s): unstable
4. troubled; or difficult; full of danger or distress.
- the rocky road to success
Similar word(s): difficult, hard, rough
Sentences with rocky as an adjective:
- His new album is quite rocky.
- Their relationship had weathered some rocky times, but they loved each other.
- a rocky mountain
- a rocky shore
- the rocky orb of a shield