frequently_asked_questions_files/Oxford Thesaurus.pdf

The building rocked so during the earthquake that I thought it
was going to fall down. 3 astound, astonish, shock, surprise,
jar, stagger, amaze, stun, dumbfound or dumfound, daze, stupefy,
overwhelm, disconcert, unnerve, Colloq set (someone) back on his
or her or their heels, throw, rattle, shake up: I was really
rocked by the news that Sue was marrying Craig.
rocket v. zoom, take off, sky-rocket, shoot up, climb, rise rapidly,
soar, spiral upwards, Colloq go through the roof: The day
controls were lifted, prices rocketed, almost doubling
overnight.
rocky° adj. 1 stony, pebbly, shingly, boulder-strewn, craggy; bumpy,
difficult, hard, uncomfortable, arduous: The beach at Nice
might be romantic, but it's very rocky to lie on. The road to
love can be very rocky indeed. 2 stony, adamant, adamantine,
firm, unyielding, rocklike, tough, unbending, flinty, firm,
solid, steadfast, steady, unfaltering, staunch, unflinching,
determined, resolute, unwavering, unchanging, unvarying,
invariant, invariable, reliable, dependable, sure, certain: I
knew we could depend on Charles's rocky determination to see the
project through. 3 stony, flinty, unfeeling, unsympathetic,
unemotional, emotionless, impassive, cold, cool, apathetic,
indifferent, uncaring, detached, d‚gag‚, callous, thick-skinned,
tough, hard: Beneath that rocky exterior beats a tender heart.
rockyý adj. unstable, tottering, teetering, unsteady, shaky, rickety,
unsure, uncertain, unreliable, weak, flimsy, wobbly, wobbling,
vacillating, dubious, doubtful, questionable, Colloq iffy: The
project will be very rocky till we are assured proper funding.
rod n. 1 bar, pole, baton, wand, staff, stick, dowel, cane, shaft:
Steel rods are used to reinforce the concrete in modern
buildings. 2 cane, birch, switch, scourge, lash; punishment,
chastisement, castigation, discipline, chastening, correction:
As they say, spare the rod and spoil the child.
rogue n. 1 trickster, swindler, cheat, cad, ne'er-do-well, wastrel,
good-for-nothing, miscreant, Rather old-fashioned scamp,
scoundrel, blackguard, knave, rascal, rapscallion, scapegrace,
dastard, cur, churl, wretch, villain, charlatan, mountebank,
Brit bounder; Colloq louse, stinker, rat, creep, Brit rotter,
blighter, Chiefly US and Canadian son of a gun, Slang bastard,