briery
- adjective
- /ˈbraɪəri/
- US
:
espinoso
- The briery bushes along the trail made it difficult to walk without getting scratched.
Examples
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As she entered the briery thicket, she remembered to watch out for the sharp spines.
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The briery landscape was teeming with wildlife, despite the sharp thorns.
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He scratched at the thin, briery tangle of beard on his chin.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
14
3.3
Covered with sharp points like thorns that can hurt to touch
6
4.2
Covered with sharp points like those on rose bushes
6
4.4
A thing with sharp points like wire or animal spines that can hurt and catch on things
3
3.9
Covered with sharp points or thorns that can hurt you
1
4.6
Covered with short, stiff hairs that feel rough
Having leaves with sharp points that can scratch skin
Having leaves with sharp points that can hurt you
A plant with a stem covered in sharp spines or thorns
Covered with many small sharp points like spines
Covered with many small sharp hooks that stick to clothes or fur
Having small prickles that stick to clothes or fur
Covered with many short stiff hairs or small sharp points
Having short stiff hairs like a brush
Having many short stiff hairs like those on a brush
Having many short stiff hairs like bristles
Land that has thick low plants like brambles and ferns
Antonyms
How Thorny
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word briery comes from briar, a word for a thorny bush, and the ending -y meaning 'full of'. So briery means 'covered with thorns' or full of prickly plants.