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Consisting or full of rock or rocks

Hard or solid, like a rock

Tending to rock or shake

Difficult, full of problems, or in a precarious state

Ailing, not in the best of health

(of a surface) Not level or smooth

Requiring great skill or finesse in handling or treatment

Lacking in veracity, accuracy or truth

Feeling faint, dizzy or disoriented

Characterized by turbulence or agitation

Having the feeling that one is about to vomit

Disgusting or offensive

Moving in a quivering or pulsating manner

Characterized by causing hardships or problems

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Adjective

Consisting or full of rock or rocks

“In his paintings, with their air-spun castles and dense, rocky crags, presented in thick, hazy, heavily impastoed surfaces, the world is remote and ever retreating.”

Adjective

Hard or solid, like a rock

as hard as stone

as hard as iron

as hard as a rock

stiff as a board

non-stretchable

jammed together

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“Digging post holes in hard and rocky dirt and getting kicked by cows in chutes had gotten to be a bit onerous for aging muscles and joints.”

Adjective

Tending to rock or shake

on its last legs

falling to pieces

thrown together

not fixed in place

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“Cross the rocky bridge, carefully. There may be times when that may not be possible due to flooding.”

Adjective

Difficult, full of problems, or in a precarious state

fraught with danger

jeopardizing^US

hanging by a thread

jeopardising^UK

playing with fire

Russian roulette

full of problems

beset by problems

on slippery ground

easily threatened

on a slippery slope

hanging in the balance

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“You may feel like you're stuck in a rocky situation, a rocky marriage, rocky finances, or on a rocky road.”

Adjective

Ailing, not in the best of health

under the weather

hospitalized^US

under medication

hospitalised^UK

on the sick list

out of commission

confined to bed

not in good shape

in poor condition

out of condition

sick as a parrot

in declining health

green about the gills

rabies-infected

foaming at the mouth

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“The winter of 1788-89 was the worst in 50 years, and Silas's health was rocky.”

Adjective

(of a surface) Not level or smooth

strong-featured

covered with lumps

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Adjective

Requiring great skill or finesse in handling or treatment

like herding cats

discountenancing

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Lacking in veracity, accuracy or truth

unsubstantiated

wide of the mark

open to question

open to suspicion

subject to debate

under suspicion

without foundation

not backed up by evidence

hard to believe

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Adjective

Feeling faint, dizzy or disoriented

weak in the knees

discombobulated

weak at the knees

with rubbery legs

all of a quiver

all of a tremble

with legs like jelly

at sixes and sevens

light in the head

anaesthetized^UK

anesthetized^US

disorganized^US

disorganised^UK

thrown off balance

not knowing if you are coming or going

dazed and confused

not knowing if one is coming or going

with Alzheimer's disease

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Adjective

Characterized by turbulence or agitation

full of upheavals

full of conflict

full of ups and downs

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Adjective

Having the feeling that one is about to vomit

suffering from motion sickness

suffering from altitude sickness

green about the gills

green around gills

under the weather

like death warmed up

on the sick list

not in good shape

at death's door

hypochondriacal

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Adjective

Disgusting or offensive

stomach-churning

stomach-turning

beyond the pale

very unpleasant

very disgusting

unsportsmanlike

demoralizing^US

strictly for the birds

ill-favoured^UK

demoralising^UK

unfit for human consumption

unpleasant-tasting

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

dissatisfactory

beyond contempt

unprepossessing

a load of pants

strong-smelling

cheap and nasty

beneath contempt

stinking to high heaven

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

twopenny-halfpenny

unpleasant to breathe

unfit to breathe

frightful-looking

no oil painting

bargain-basement

not much to look at

as plain as a pikestaff

not quite the done thing

gone to rack and ruin

poverty-stricken

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Adjective

Moving in a quivering or pulsating manner

with a steady pulse

all of a tremble

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Adjective

Characterized by causing hardships or problems

unfavourable^UK

full of hardship

disadvantageous

looking on the dark side

looking on the black side

given to looking on the black side

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

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