rocky

I

adj

1. stony, pebbly, craggy, boulder-strewn.

2. rocklike, hard, adamant, adamantine, flinty, granitic, impermeable.

3. difficult, arduous, strenuous, laborious; wearisome, exhausting, uphill, trying, demanding; hazardous, perilous, dangerous, chancy, risky, venturesome, adventurous; disquieting, frightening, Sl. hairy, scary.

4. firm, solid, unyielding, unbending; stout, determined, resolute, unwavering, unfaltering; steadfast, staunch, constant, steady, sure, dependable, reliable.

5. unfeeling, unemotional, passionless, cold, impassive; apathetic, unsympathetic, uncompassionate, uncaring; indifferent, detached, Fr. degage. uninvolved; callous, tough, thick-skinned, unaffectable, insusceptible.

II

adj

1. tottering, wobbly, wobbling, teetering, teetering on the brink, swaying, shaky, unsteady, on rubbery legs; giddy, dizzy, light-headed.

2. uncertain, unsure, undetermined, up in the air; vacillating, wavering, going every which way; doubtful, dubious, questionable, Inf. iffy.