sprawled
Limbs going everywhere
Sprawled is the past tense and past participle of sprawl, describing a position where limbs are spread out loosely and ungainly.
A person sprawled on a couch has collapsed into it with arms and legs extended in various directions.
The word can also describe things that spread out irregularly across space: The city sprawled across the valley.
When used of people, sprawled often suggests relaxation, exhaustion, or having been knocked down: He lay sprawled on the floor after the tackle.
Reclining in idleness
- stretchedPulled to lengthen
- reclinedLay back relaxed
- lollingHanging or reclining loosely
- slouchedDrooped in posture
draped · splayed · limp · supine · prone · slumped · flopped · collapsed
Lengthened in time or space
- spreadTo distribute widely
- stretchedPulled to lengthen
- extendedLengthened in time or space
- expansiveCovering a large area
vast · rambling · meandering · straggling · trailing · creeping · unfurling · radiating
Spread irregularly about
- strewnSpread irregularly about
- clutteredCrowded with disorder
- disheveledUntidy in appearance
- disorganizedLacking systematic arrangement
jumbled · littered · messy · tangled · haphazard · disarrayed · rumpled · chaotic
Portions of a whole
- suburbsResidential areas outside cities
- developmentsEvents showing progress
- outskirtsOuter parts of town
- highwaysMajor intercity roads
exurbs · McMansions · unplanned · low-density · encroachment · cookie-cutter
lounging
Reclining in idleness
slouched · draped · splayed · limp · supine · prone · slumped · flopped · collapsed · spread-eagled
extended
Lengthened in time or space
expansive · vast · rambling · meandering · straggling · trailing · creeping · unfurling · radiating · fanning
scattered
Spread irregularly about
- strewnSpread irregularly about
- clutteredCrowded with disorder
- disheveledUntidy in appearance
disorganized · jumbled · littered · messy · tangled · haphazard · disarrayed · rumpled · chaotic · tousled
subdivisions
Portions of a whole
- suburbsResidential areas outside cities
- developmentsEvents showing progress
- outskirtsOuter parts of town
highways · exurbs · McMansions · unplanned · low-density · encroachment · cookie-cutter
sprawledcurled up
Body folded compactly
huddled · crouched · tucked · balled up · fetal position
sprawledupright
Vertical or morally sound
erect · poised · at attention · ramrod straight · standing at attention
sprawledcompact
Tightly packed together
concentrated · clustered · consolidated · contained · dense
- urban sprawlUncontrolled peripheral development
- suburban sprawlUnplanned outward residential development
- sprawling suburbs