jungled

Thick with undergrowth

Jungled describes something covered with jungle or having jungle-like qualities—dense, tangled, overgrown.

A jungled island is thick with tropical vegetation.

The word extends figuratively to anything wild and impenetrable: the jungled undergrowth of bureaucracy.

Less common than its synonym jungle-covered.

vegetation

overgrown

Excessively covered in vegetation

  • tangledTwisted confusedly together
  • denseClosely packed together
  • lushRichly abundant in growth

impenetrable · thicket · vines · undergrowth · foliage · canopy · creepers · ferns · tropical · rainforest

urban

chaotic

Totally without arrangement

sprawling · teeming · maze-like · disorienting · overwhelming · cramped · congested · jumbled · disordered · messy

emotional

overwhelmed

Defeated by sheer volume

disoriented · bewildered · trapped · suffocated · anxious · stressed · muddled · frazzled · scattered · chaotic

Opposites
vegetation density and wildness

jungledbarren

Unable to produce

bare · desolate · treeless · cleared · denuded

human intervention and maintenance

jungledmanicured

Carefully trimmed and tended

cultivated · landscaped · cleared · groomed · tended

Phrases
Family

jungle, jungles, jungly, junglelike, junglefowl

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