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 vastness of the canyon, with its jagged edges and rushing rivers.
    Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 16 July 2025
  • Major stock indexes continued their jagged descent downward in morning trading Tuesday after tumbling Monday.
    Tobias Burns, The Hill, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • However, women's health tech and privacy is a thorny issue.
    Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 11 July 2025
  • That said, the negative reputation surrounding the last lines in Jones’ thorny adaptation — a punch-up from Ellison’s original text that’s meaner and more sexist, no doubt — seems outsized.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • Head coach Sean Payton was predictably prickly about any notion of contract discussions.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 July 2025
  • In response to this ambition, a countermovement has arisen, a prickly resistance to the idea of removing creativity from human hands.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2025
Adjective
  • There’s lots of Alcantara and lovely leather throughout, but scratchy plastics could be felt low on the doors and under the dash.
    Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
  • There were only a few students and their sound was still a bit squeaky and scratchy.
    Mará Rose Williams July 6, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2025
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“Brambly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brambly. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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