brambly
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7.6
- adjective
- /ˈbræmbli/
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espinoso
- The brambly bushes along the fence were filled with ripe blackberries.
- brambly fruit
- dark brambly
Examples
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The hikers had to maneuver through the brambly thicket to reach the hidden trail.
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After the storm, the garden became brambly and overgrown with thorny weeds.
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Livia's brambly dark hair was scraped into bunches on either side of her head, like extra ears.
Fiction book (2000) -
Incredible considering most wines from this region are a minimum of 14%, yet it still offers ripe purple fruits, a sense of mineral, and a nice brambly character to add complexity.
Blog text (11) -
And then, right there among the brambly canes, Nana kneels and takes Noah's face between her hands.
Fiction book (1992) -
It wasn't easy to plow deep with their dark, brambly hands and thin mules that kept straying off course, but they did as they were told.
Fiction book (1993) -
Tucker, Liddil, and a few of the rest scramble and slide down through the brambly side of the cut to brandish their artillery every which way as if they are thespians from a bankrupt stage company.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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4.2
Covered with sharp points like those on rose bushes
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3.8
Covered with many low bushes or thick plants
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3.8
Having many low bushy plants with woody stems
Land that has thick low plants like brambles and ferns
Full of thorny plants that can prick you
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Etymology
The word brambly comes from bramble, a 'prickly bush', plus the ending -y, which means 'full of' or 'covered with'. So a brambly path is full of thorny bushes and hard to walk through.