rocky (adj.)
- adamant
- adamantine
- ailing
- apathetic
- arduous
- bad
- bony
- bumpy
- callous
- certain
- cold
- concrete
- cool
- corneous
- corrugated
- cragged
- craggy
- crinkled
- crumpled
- crystalline
- degage
- dense
- dependable
- detached
- determined
- difficult
- dilapidated
- doddering
- doubtful
- down
- dubious
- emotionless
- faint
- firm
- flimsy
- flinty
- granitelike
- granitic
- gravelly
- gritty
- groggy
- hard
- hardhearted
- harsh
- horny
- iffy
- ill
- impassive
- indifferent
- indisposed
- insecure
- invariable
- invariant
- ironlike
- jagged
- jaggy
- monolithic
- obdurate
- off-color
- osseous
- pebbly
- porphyritic
- questionable
- ragged
- ramshackle
- reliable
- resistant
- resistive
- resolute
- rickety
- rock-ribbed
- rockbound
- rocklike
- rugged
- rugose
- sandy
- saw-toothed
- scraggly
- scraggy
- seedy
- serrate
- serrated
- shaky
- shingly
- sick
- sickish
- solid
- spidery
- spindly
- staunch
- steadfast
- steady
- steely
- stonelike
- stony
- sure
- thick-skinned
- tottering
- tottery
- tough
- treacherous
- unbending
- uncaring
- uncertain
- unchanging
- uncomfortable
- undependable
- unemotional
- unfaltering
- unfeeling
- unflinching
- unhealthy
- unpredictable
- unreliable
- unsafe
- unsound
- unstable
- unsteady
- unsure
- unsympathetic
- untrustworthy
- unvarying
- unwavering
- unwell
- unyielding
- vacillating
- weak
- wobbling
- wobbly
- wrinkled
Strong are her sons, though rocky are her shores.