About The Word Thorny
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Thorny
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What's The Definition Of Thorny?
[adj] having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"
[adj] bristling with perplexities; "the thorny question of states' rights" Synonyms | Synonyms for Thorny: armed | barbed | barbellate | briary | briery | bristled | bristly | burred | burry | difficult | hard | prickly | spiny Related Terms | Find terms related to Thorny: See Also | Thorny In Webster's Dictionary \Thorn"y\, a. [Compar. {Thornier}; superl. {Thorniest}.]
[Cf. AS. [thorn]orniht.]
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.'' --Shak.
The steep and thorny way to heaven. --Shak.
{Thorny rest-harrow} (Bot.), rest-harrow.
{Thorny trefoil}, a prickly plant of the genus {Fagonia} ({F.
Cretica}, etc.).
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