rocky
50
4.2
- adjective
- /ˈrɑːki/
:
turbulento
- Despite a rocky start, it looks like Turbo is gaining some ground.
- a rocky relationship
- rocky relations
- a rocky start
So going through that, it was kind of a rocky, tumultuous situation.
- So going through that, it was kind of a rocky, tumultuous situation.
- I see them have much rockier roads dealing with it than I do, you know.
- OK, we started off on a rocky note.
- My relationship with Plex has been rocky.
- So I think hopefully this is just like a rocky world building character building chapter.
- Like a comp is one of the rockiest versions of this conversation I'd ever heard.
- Despite the rocky year that he faced last year, he.
- But when him and Kobe got together, man, you know, their relationship was it was, I want to say it was, it wasn't Rocky, but there were two different players.
- I was just going to say, if I may be so bold, it sounds like Buffalo Public Schools have a rocky past.
- And it was very rocky from for me and my mom's relationship from that point because a couple months later, COVID hit.
- Where our relationship became rocky because I started being successful in music and he wanted to do music as well.
- So yes, moral the story is put the time in you will, you will achieve your success faster by taking the year or two of rocky cutscene and then blowing up.
Examples
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Their relationship was somewhat rocky; however, they divorced after a few years.
Academic text (2008) -
We had a little bit of a rocky start earlier in the year.
Blog text (12) -
It's, it was kind of a, a rocky journey to get here.
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Next up, things are very rocky, but they stuck together.
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Despite their rocky start, the two became friends.
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I know we got off to a rocky start.
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The business is a bit rocky at the moment and the doctor says I need a rest.
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Wikipedia has had a rocky ride over its first decade of existence.
Academic text (2012) -
Despite its status as a "mass organization," UNAG had a sometimes rocky relationship with the FSLN.
Academic text (1998) -
The project's progress has been rocky, with numerous unexpected challenges along the way.
Synonyms
543
3.0
Hard and severe, causing problems or danger
49
3.9
Causing worry or annoyance and hard to deal with
38
7.1
Unstable ground, water, or weather that can suddenly become dangerous
16
6.3
Full of problems that are hard to deal with or cause disagreement
Antonyms
Compounds
8
1.5
A large mountain range in western North America from Canada to northern New Mexico
1
8.3
A wild sheep with big curved horns that lives in the mountains of western North America
A large park in northern Colorado with high mountains, lakes, and wild animals
A wild sheep with large curved horns that lives in western North American mountains
- Specialized
A serious disease from germs spread by tick bites that causes fever and a rash
- Specialized
A small freshwater fish that lives in rivers and lakes in western North America
- Specialized
A small ornamental shrub from western USA with sweet black, red, or yellow fruit
- Specialized
A small pine tree that grows on dry rocky slopes and makes nuts people can eat
A small slow-growing pine tree from the Rocky Mountains that can live for thousands of years
A wild North American plant with pink flowers found in the Rocky Mountains
- Specialized
A small maple tree from northwestern North America with shrubby growth and attractive leaves
How Difficult
126
3.5
133
3.5
50
4.2
133
5.6
∞
1.6
183
4.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rocky also means 'full of problems'. This sense comes from rock ('stone') plus -y ('full of') — a road full of rocks is hard to travel, so we call difficult times or relationships 'rocky'.