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Definition of Concrete jungle
1. Noun. An area in a city with large modern buildings that is perceived as dangerous and unpleasant.
Definition of Concrete jungle
1. Noun. (idiomatic) An urban or other populated area containing a high density of buildings constructed of concrete or similar materials, especially one which lacks greenery and which seems unattractive, harsh, or unsafe. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Concrete Jungle
Literary usage of Concrete jungle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Adventure Guide to Jamaica by Paris Permenter (2005)
"There are no skyscrapers, and it's not a concrete jungle but an area of lush
forests (especially at the Lover's Leap coastline, which is essentially ..."
2. Adventure Guide by Heather Stimmler-Hall (2004)
"... are a stark contrast to the romantic hills of the Pare des Buttes-Chaumont,
but both offer a much-needed escape from the surrounding concrete jungle. ..."
3. The Breathing Dead and Cement Children by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1995)
"In the concrete jungle life is vibrant, pulsing, grimy, painful and dangerous.
FEAR is the predominant human experience, but the concrete children ..."
4. Turkish Coast: Izmir, Bodrum, Marmaris, Antalya by Manfred Ferner (2001)
"Beyond the concrete jungle, the city reveals itself as a thriving agricultural
center: vegetable and fruit plantations, orange and oleander orchards, ..."
5. The Common Sense of Community by Dick Atkinson (1994)
"How can the many urban villages from which each town is built, be excavated from
beneath the accumulated concrete jungle and exert their identity upon the ..."
6. A Reformer on the Throne: Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al Said by Sergeĭ Plekhanov (2004)
"Looking from the Empire State Building at the concrete jungle of Manhattan, every
foreign guest involuntarily compares their own nation's level of ..."
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