brambly

[bram-blee] / ˈbræm bli /

ADJECTIVE

prickly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

complicated knotty nettlesome ticklish tricky

WEAK

annoying barbed bothersome briery bristly echinated intricate involved pointed sharp spiny stimulating troublesome trying

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy simple uncomplicated

WEAK

happy pleasant smooth

ADJECTIVE

rough

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bumpy choppy coarse fuzzy harsh rocky rugged

STRONG

bearded broken chapped disheveled jagged ridged ruffled sharp tangled tousled wrinkled

WEAK

asperous bristly bushy cragged craggy cross-grained hairy knobby knotty nodular not smooth scabrous scraggy shaggy stony tufted unequal unfinished unlevel unshaven unshorn woolly wrinkly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm courteous easy flat gentle mild nice polite refined smooth soft sophisticated

STRONG

neat ordered unwrinkled

WEAK

accurate complete definite even level moderate polished precise regular temperate

Example Sentences

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I’m not sure I would have checked out the brambly folk of Haley Heynderickx without his recommendation, but I’m so glad I did — her “Gemini” is a new favorite of mine.

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2024

Cate Le Bon – Are You With Me Now While Le Bon’s lyrics speak of being haunted by loneliness, her gorgeous melodies are a tonic, her brambly guitar full of pep.

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2020

And a brambly, cathartic rant on “the holidays”:

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2016

Soon Emperor and Bathory and Immortal and other early black-metal bands began to infest my apartment with their brambly logos.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2014

Hassan fell face-first into a brambly bush and then slowly rolled over onto the forest floor.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

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