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overgrown
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wild |
| Synonyms: | colossal, dense, excessive, huge, jungly, lush, rank |
| Main Entry: | overgrown |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | grown without being tended |
| Synonyms: | crowded, disordered, overrun, thick, wild |
| Main Entry: | lumbering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clumsy, awkward |
| Synonyms: | blundering, bovine, bumbling, clodhopping, clunking, elephantine, gauche, gawky, halting, heavy, heavy-footed, hulking, inept, klutzy, lead-footed, lumpish, maladroit, overgrown, ponderous, splay, two left feet, ungainly, unhandy, unwieldy, wooden |
| Antonyms: | agile, gliding, lithe |
| Main Entry: | lush |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | profuse and delightful |
| Synonyms: | abundant, ambrosial, delectable, delicious, deluxe, dense, elaborate, extensive, extravagant, exuberant, flourishing, fresh, grand, green, heavenly, juicy, lavish, luscious, luxuriant, luxurious, opulent, ornate, overgrown, palatial, plush, prodigal, prolific, rank, rich, riotous, ripe, ritzy, scrumptious, sensuous, succulent, sumptuous, teeming, tender, verdant, voluptuous |
| Antonyms: | austere, bare, barren, sparse |
| Main Entry: | rank |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abundant, luxurious |
| Synonyms: | coarse, dense, excessive, extreme, exuberant, fertile, flourishing, fructiferous, grown, high-growing, junglelike, lavish, lush, luxuriant, overabundant, overgrown, productive, profuse, prolific, rampant, rich, semitropical, tropical, vigorous, wild |
| Antonyms: | rare, scarce, sparse |
| Main Entry: | seedy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | run-down, dilapidated |
| Synonyms: | ailing, beat up, bedraggled, crummy, decaying, decrepit, dingy, dog-eared, down-at-the-heel, drooping, droopy, faded, flagging, frowzy, gone to seed, grubby, in a bad way, mangy, messy, neglected, old, overgrown, poor, poorly, ragged, ratty, sagging, scruffy, shabby, sickly, sleazy*, slovenly, squalid, tacky, tattered, threadbare, tired, torn, unkempt, untidy, unwell, used up, wilted, wilting, worn |
| Antonyms: | luxurious, nice, posh |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | untamed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wild |
| Synonyms: | barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, feral, ferocious, fierce, native, overgrown, overrun, rampant, savage, uncivilized, uncontrollable, uncultivated, undomesticated, uninhabited, unmanageable, vicious |
| Main Entry: | wild |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | untamed |
| Synonyms: | agrarian, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, dense, desert, deserted, desolate, escaped, feral, ferocious, fierce, free, indigenous, lush, luxuriant, native, natural, neglected, overgrown, overrun, primitive, rampant, rude, savage, unbroken, uncivilized, uncultivated, undomesticated, uninhabited, untouched, vicious, waste |
| Antonyms: | civilized, controlled, delicate, gentle, manageable, tame |
| Main Entry: | covered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | plentifully bestrewn |
| Synonyms: | bejeweled, carpeted, dotted, dusted over, flowered, flowery, overgrown, overspread, peppered, powdered, scattered with, sown, spangled, spattered, spotted, spread with, sprinkled over, starred, starry with, strewn with, studded |
| Antonyms: | bare, empty, unfurnished |
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