Thorny definitions

Thorny

1) Barbellate 2) Briary 3) Briery 4) Bristled 5) Burred 6) Burry 7) Complex 8) Difficult 9) Hard 10) Prickly 11) Setaceous 12) Setose 13) Spiky 14) Spined 15) Spiny 16) Tricky
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Thorny

1) Beset with obstacles 2) Bristling with perplexities 3) Difficult 4) Full of complexities 5) Full of controversial points 6) Full of difficulty 7) Hard 8) Like complex questions 9) Like some plants or problems 10) Nettlesome 11) Sharp 12) Spinose 13) Tough to navigate 14) Tough to solve
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Thorny

• (superl.) Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing. • (superl.) Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.
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thorny

1. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown. ... 2. Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing. 'The thorny point of bare distress.' 'The steep and thorny way to heaven. ... <botany>' (Shak) Thorny rest-harrow, rest-harrow. Thorny trefo...
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Thorny

Thorn'y adjective [ Compar. Thornier ; superl. Thorniest .] [ Confer Anglo-Saxon þorniht .] 1. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown...
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