jungly

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adjective

Overgrown with jungle.

Similar
junglesomewooded
OriginEnglish jungle ← Urdu جَن٘گَل (jaṅgal) ← Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀁𑀕𑀮 (jaṃgala) →
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Meanings

adjectivejungly (comparative junglier, superlative jungliest)

comparative junglier · superlative jungliest

  1. Overgrown with jungle.

    He was lying on a bamboo bed in the traditional doctor's hut at the jungliest edge of the village.

    2000, Martin Bennett, Rosamund Fowler, Tales from West Africa
    1 more example

    […] it was arranged that I should make a circuit and get between the bear and a jungly ravine […]

    1894, Robert H Elliot, Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore

    Synonyms: junglesome

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOvergrown with jungle.

Similar
junglesome

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveovergrown with tropical vegetation

Similar
wooded

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Sanskritजङ्गल (jaṅgala)
  2. Sauraseni Prakrit𑀚𑀁𑀕𑀮 (jaṃgala)
  3. Hindiजंगल (jaṅgal)
  4. Sauraseni Prakrit𑀚𑀁𑀕𑀮 (jaṃgala)
  5. Urduجَن٘گَل (jaṅgal)
  6. Englishjungle
  7. Englishjungly

From jungle + -y.

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APA

jungly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jungly

MLA

“jungly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jungly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jungly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jungly.

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