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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Adjective
  • The morning light casts jagged shadows across the pink stone, catching the saguaro spines and illuminating them like desert saints.
    Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • According to one tale, the devil escaped from hell and formed the jagged peaks in one day’s work.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • To say nothing about the thorny question of its genre—do Eastern European writers need to provide more explanations and justifications when using the technique of autofiction?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
  • This is a very thorny path forward for the Vikings over the next month.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Go Greek with roasted tomatoes and crispy chickpeas with lemon-pepper dressing and a cucumber-olive salad, then hop to Haiti for pork cheeks with epis seasoning and prickly pikliz slaw.
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • But Bennett is up to something odder and pricklier.
    Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • When the air turns crisp in fall and winter, the dryness indoors can sneak up on you — and so can flaky skin, a scratchy throat, and stuffy sinuses (not to mention allergens).
    Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Linen can sometimes lean scratchy and wrinkly, but the texture felt just right for wearing inside or outside the house.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Brambly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brambly. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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