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jungly

[juhng-glee] / ˈdʒʌŋ gli /
ADJECTIVE
overgrown
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST




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Auckland, a city of 1.7 million people, sprawls across dozens of volcanoes and three harbors, with many people living close to beaches or on the edge of its jungly native wilderness.

From New York Times Jan. 27, 2023

Guaidó grew up, with four siblings, in a suburb of La Guaira, a port town at the foot of the jungly mountains below Caracas.

From The New Yorker Jun. 3, 2019

Would you like to see a slideshow of American Samoa’s stunning natural beauty, all jagged, jungly mountains and quiet coves, and hear how environmental and cultural stewardship work hand in hand in the territory?

From Slate Mar. 15, 2018

In 2010 visitors to Metropolitan Museum’s roof could climb a jungly maze of bamboo stalks.

From New York Times Mar. 23, 2012

She ducked under the tangled honeysuckle toward the garden path, using her trowel like a machete to hack through some overgrown vines that crowded her jungly little porch.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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