Thesaurus results for BRAMBLY

brambly

adjective

Definition of brambly

as in jagged

having leaves or branches which are likely to cause a scratch be careful of the brambly blackberry bushes

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But early reactions confirm Moonshot’s model is a solid one, even if more jagged than Anthropic's Fable or OpenAI's Sol in some applications.

— Christian Catalini, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
While 2022’s Trouble the Water embraced the jagged edges of Show Me the Body’s sludgy punk-metal sound, Alone Together is a sleek and streamlined album that includes their most agreeable songs yet.

— Eli Enis, Pitchfork, 15 July 2026

Definition of jagged

Adjective

Ervin for thinking creatively about this thorniest of issues.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
There’s some wisdom in not having a rape threat hover over ten hours of serialized television, and the shift has opened up some thorny connections between Cady and Anna Bowden, whose pasts continue to intersect in intriguing ways.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 July 2026

Definition of thorny

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That changed four months later when fellow Big Bang supporting player John Ross Bowie also inked a talent deal with WBTV to reprise his role as prickly plasma physicist Barry Kripke.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 17 July 2026
In turn, Nolan has sacrificed Odysseus himself to serve his own needs, scrapping the character’s prickly personality to Trojan-horse a message about how empires collapse.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of prickly

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Symptoms of smoke inhalation include coughing, trouble breathing, wheezing, asthma attacks, stinging eyes, scratchy throat, runny nose and irritated sinuses, headaches, tiredness, chest pain and a fast heartbeat.

— Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Using too much detergent leaves soapy residue in fabrics, trapping dirt, bacteria, and hard water minerals, which leaves clothes looking dull, feeling stiff and scratchy, and smelling bad.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026

Definition of scratchy

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