brambled

Overgrown with thorns

Brambled describes something overgrown or tangled with brambles—thorny, wild shrubs like blackberries or raspberries.

A brambled path is choked with prickly growth, difficult to pass through: The brambled hedgerow hadn't been trimmed in years.

The word suggests neglect or wildness, places where thorny vines have taken over.

overgrown

tangled

Twisted confusedly together

impenetrable · neglected · wild · dense · entangled · choked · snarled · knotted · matted · unkempt

abandoned

neglected

Not given proper attention

deserted · forsaken · overgrown · reclaimed · crumbling · decayed · dilapidated · vacant · disused · tumbledown

wild

hedgerow

Linear shrub boundary

countryside · rural · pastoral · meadow · hillside · lane · pathway · copse · thicket · undergrowth

thorny

prickly

Spiny or irritable

barbed · spiky · sharp · catching · hooked · scratching · piercing · snaring · clawing · grabbing

Categories
Opposites
vegetation state

brambledcleared

Found not guilty

bare · barren · open · treeless · grassland

cultivation/maintenance

brambledcultivated

Improved through nurture

pruned · manicured · tended · groomed · trimmed

Phrases
Family

brambles, bramble, brambly

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G