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thorny

/'/T//O/rn/i/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a <i>thorny</i> wood; a <i>thorny</i> tree; a <i>thorny</i> crown.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. bristling with perplexities

    adj.all

    Examples
    The thorny question of states' rights.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

    adj.all

    Synonyms barbed barbellate briary briery bristled bristly burred burry prickly setaceous setose spiny

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

thornlessthornsetthorntailthorntonthornton niven wilderthornton wilderthorny amaranththorny skatethorothoroughthorough bassthoroughbrace

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