brambly
Full of thorns
Brambly describes something overgrown with brambles—thorny, tangled shrubs like blackberry or wild rose.
A brambly path is difficult to pass through without getting scratched.
The word extends to anything thorny or entangled: brambly thickets, a brambly hedge.
Figuratively, something brambly is rough or prickly: a brambly disposition.
Having sharp protrusions
- pricklySpiny or irritable
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
- overgrownExcessively covered in vegetation
- hedgeBoundary of planted shrubs
underbrush · scrub · bushes · shrubbery · copse · brushwood · spinney · chaparral
Spiny or irritable
- scratchyRough and irritating
- spinyHaving sharp points
- thornyHaving sharp protrusions
- barbedHaving sharp projections
snagging · catching · rough · coarse · wiry · bristly · jaggy · hooked
Not domesticated
- uncultivatedNot tended or planted
- overgrownExcessively covered in vegetation
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- moorlandOpen uncultivated upland
heath · scrubland · wasteland · neglected · unkempt · uncleared · feral · naturalized
thorny
Having sharp protrusions
- pricklySpiny or irritable
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
- overgrownExcessively covered in vegetation
hedge · underbrush · scrub · bushes · shrubbery · copse · brushwood · spinney · chaparral · coppice
prickly
Spiny or irritable
barbed · snagging · catching · rough · coarse · wiry · bristly · jaggy · hooked · sharp
untamed
Not domesticated
- uncultivatedNot tended or planted
- overgrownExcessively covered in vegetation
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
moorland · heath · scrubland · wasteland · neglected · unkempt · uncleared · feral · naturalized · weedy
bramblysmooth
Without roughness or difficulty
clear · unobstructed · open · bare · passable
- bramble patchDense thorny shrub area
- bramble bushThorny wild shrub