rockiness
Boulder-strewn ground quality
Rockiness is the quality of being rocky—full of rocks or resembling rock.
Terrain has rockiness when strewn with stones or boulders: The rockiness of the trail made hiking difficult.
Figuratively, rockiness describes instability or difficulty: the rockiness of their marriage, the rockiness of the economy.
Large rounded stones
- gravelLoose small rock fragments
- pebblesSmall water-smoothed stones
- screeLoose rock debris
- talusAnkle's main bone
outcrop · cliff · crags · geology · strata · sediment · erosion · landform
Uneven in surface
- coarseRough in texture
- abrasiveRough enough to erode
- harshUnpleasantly severe or rough
- severeExtremely harsh or strict
unyielding · tough · rigid · uncompromising · callous · stern · grating · jarring
Chaotic flow patterns
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
- precariousnessState of uncertain stability
- shakinessState of quivering
unsteadiness · unpredictability · turmoil · upheaval · discord · tension · friction · stumbling
boulders
Large rounded stones
talus · outcrop · cliff · crags · geology · strata · sediment · erosion · landform · topography
rough
Uneven in surface
severe · unyielding · tough · rigid · uncompromising · callous · stern · grating · jarring · inhospitable
turbulence
Chaotic flow patterns
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
- precariousnessState of uncertain stability
shakiness · unsteadiness · unpredictability · turmoil · upheaval · discord · tension · friction · stumbling · setbacks
- terrain propertiesslope, elevation, altitude, steepness, gradient
- roughnessroughness, coarseness, grittiness, bumpiness, abrasiveness
rockinesssmoothness
Freedom from irregularity
evenness · flatness · levelness · sleekness · uniformity
rockinesssteadiness
State of being constant
stability · smoothness · evenness · calmness · constancy
rock, stone, rocky, rocks, rocking, bedrock, rocked, rocker, rockers