ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Rockish

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Rockish is an adjective meaning Like a rock; stony; (figuratively) hard; callous.

Meaning

Like a rock; stony; (figuratively) hard; callous.

More Meanings

  1. (music) That has the characteristics of rock music.

Example Sentences

God did strike them with Egyptian and Babylonish rods, but there were no tears, no relentings, no returnings, but grew harder and harder, even to a rockish hardiness.

Synonyms for rockish

Depending on context, synonyms include rocky, rockesque, rocklike.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rock-like, rocklike, bedrocky, stonish, rock-ribbed, stonelike.

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