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Thorny

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Adjective

1. thorny

bristling with perplexities

Example Sentences:
'the thorny question of states' rights'

2. barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny

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

Example Sentences:
'a horse with a short bristly mane'
'bristly shrubs'
'burred fruits'
'setaceous whiskers'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Thorny

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adjectiveWord forms: thornier or thorniest
1. 
bearing or covered with thorns
2. 
difficult or unpleasant
a thorny problem
3. 
sharp

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Thorny

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈthornier or ˈthorniest
1. 
full of thorns; brambly; prickly
2. 
having thorns or spines
said of some animals
3. 
like a thorn; sharp
4. 
full of obstacles, vexations, pain, etc.
the thorny road to peace
5. 
full of controversial points; difficult; contentious
a thorny problem

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Thorny

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adj. thorn·i·er, thorn·i·est
1. Having many thorns or abounding in thorn-covered vegetation: thorny shrubs; a thorny landscape.
2. Spiny or prickly.
3. Controversial, problematic, or vexatious: avoided discussing thorny issues during the meeting.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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