rockish

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adjective

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

Similar
rockyrockesquerocklike
OriginEnglish rock ← Middle English rokke ← Anglo-Norman roque →
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Meanings

rockish1

adjectiverockish (comparative more rockish, superlative most rockish)

comparative more rockish · superlative most rockish

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

    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.

    1837, William Greenhill, James Sherman, An Exposition of the Prophet Ezekiel

rockish2

adjectiverockish (comparative more rockish, superlative most rockish)

comparative more rockish · superlative most rockish

  1. entertainmentThat has the characteristics of rock music.

    Synonyms: rockesque, rocklike

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveThat has the characteristics of rock music.

Similar
rockesquerocklike
Similar
rocky
Similar
rocky
Also see
rockesquerocklikerocky

Origin

rockish · adjective

  1. Medieval Latinroccabor.?
  2. Old English*rocc
  3. Early Medieval Latinrocca
  4. Anglo-Normanroque
  5. Middle Englishrokke
  6. Englishrock
  7. Englishrockish

From rock (“stone”) + -ish.

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rockish · adjective

From rock (“rock music”) + -ish. Piecewise doublet of rockesque.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

corkish
Cite this entry
APA

rockish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rockish

MLA

“rockish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rockish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rockish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rockish.

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