Rocklike (Adjective)
Meaning
Hard as granite; "a granitic fist".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- His determination was rocklike, unshakeable in the face of overwhelming obstacles.
- The old athlete's arms had turned rocklike with age, still powerful but no longer flexible.
- Her emotions had become rocklike after the loss, hard and unresponsive to comfort or consolation.
- The granite mountainside was as rocklike as her resistance to change, unyielding and impenetrable.
- His rocklike silence was unnerving, a wall of unyielding quiet that made conversation impossible.