Red Mulligan has announced that he'll fight Rocky Luciano next month.
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Rocky
//ˈɹɒki//
Synonyms for "rocky" (231 found)
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Closest matches (47)
Strong matches (69)
downdubiousdulldureemotionlessfaintfaintishfeeling awfulfeeling faintfeeling something terriblefirmflimsyflintlikeflintygranitelikegraniticgravellygrittygroggyhard
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hard as nailshardheartedharshhornyiffyillimpassivein a bad wayin dangerindifferentindisposedinsecureinsensateinsensibleinsensitiveinvariableinvariantiron-hardironboundironlikejaggedjaggyjoltinglaid lowlapideouslithoidlithoidalmarblemarblelikemonolithicmortally illnot quite rightobdurateobsceneoff coloroff-colorosseousout of sorts
Related words (115)
pebbledpebblyporphyriticquestionableraggedramshacklereliableresistantresistiveresolutericketishricketyrock-ribbedrock-strewnrock-studdedrockboundrockhamptonrocklikeruggedrugose
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rugoussandysaw toothedsaw-toothedsawtoothscraggedscragglyscraggyseedyserrateserratedshakyshingledshinglysicksick unto deathsickishsnaggedsnaggledsnaggysolidspideryspindlystaunchsteadfaststeadysteellikesteelystonelikestonysuretaken illteeteringteeterythick-skinnedticklishtotteringtotterytoughtrachytictreacheroustrickytumbledownunbendinguncaringuncertainunchanginguncomfortableundependableunder the weatherunemotionalunfalteringunfeelingunflinchingunhealthyunpredictableunreliableunsafeunsoundunsteadyunsureunsympatheticuntrustworthyunvaryingunwaveringunwellunyieldingvacillatingweakwobblingwobblywrinkled
Adjective(20 words)
Proper Noun(1 words)
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Synonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesdbpedia genre
2 entriesderived
16 entriesderived from
1 entriesdesires
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas a
1 entrieshas context
1 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
15 entriessimilar
7 entriesTranslations
78 translations across 33 languages.
Albanian
3 entries- gurishte adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
- ngurtësi adj (not easily affected or impressed)
- siguri adj (like a rock — see also rigid, rocklike, solid)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πετρώδης adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Armenian
1 entries- քարքարոտ adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Bulgarian
4 entries- каменист adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
- непоколебим adj (not easily affected or impressed)
- нестабилен adj (easily rocked — see also unstable)
- скалист adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Czech
1 entries- skalnatý adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Dutch
1 entries- rotsig adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Esperanto
3 entries- roka adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
- roka adj (like a rock — see also rigid, rocklike, solid)
- rokriĉa adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Finnish
4 entries- heiluva adj (easily rocked — see also unstable)
- kallioinen adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
- kivikova adj (like a rock — see also rigid, rocklike, solid)
- kivinen adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
French
1 entries- rocheux adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Galician
1 entries- rochoso adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Georgian
3 entries- კლდიანი adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
- კლდისებრი adj (like a rock — see also rigid, rocklike, solid)
- კლდოვანი adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
German
2 entries- felsig adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
- steinig adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍃 adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Greek
1 entries- βραχώδης adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Hindi
2 entries- कठोर adj (like a rock — see also rigid, rocklike, solid)
- पथरीला adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Hungarian
1 entries- sziklás adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Icelandic
4 entries- grýttur adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
- hraunóttur adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
- hrjóstrugur adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
- klettóttur adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Irish
4 entries- achrannach adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
- boireannach adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
- carrach adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
- carraigeach adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Italian
4 entries- instabile adj (easily rocked — see also unstable)
- malfermo adj (easily rocked — see also unstable)
- petroso adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
- roccioso adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Kazakh
2 entries- тастақ adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
- тасты adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Latin
2 entries- lapidosus adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
- saxōsus adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Malayalam
1 entries- കല്ലൻ adj (like a rock — see also rigid, rocklike, solid)
Norman
1 entries- rotcheux adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- steinete adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- steinete adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Old Norse
1 entries- grjót adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Polish
1 entries- skalisty adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Portuguese
2 entries- pedregoso adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
- rochoso adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Russian
2 entries- камени́стый adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
- скали́стый adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Spanish
2 entries- pedroso adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
- rocoso adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Swedish
4 entries- hård adj (not easily affected or impressed)
- klippig adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
- stenig adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
- tuff adj (not easily affected or impressed)
Turkish
2 entries- dimdik adj (like a rock — see also rigid, rocklike, solid)
- sallantılı adj (easily rocked — see also unstable)
Welsh
1 entries- creigiog adj (abounding in, or full of, rocks)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
They called the dog Rocky.
Source: tatoeba (305755)
You wake up lying on the rocky floor of a dark cave. A little light filters down from above. You can just make out a couple of openings leading away from the cave. What do you do now?
Source: tatoeba (483998)
You are in a narrow rocky shaft. There is some light shining from far above. Below you is the cave you started in. What do you do now?
Source: tatoeba (484031)
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