| Pronunciation: | | 'thornee
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| Matching Terms: | | thorn, thorn apple, thorn in the flesh, thornback, thornbill, thornbird, thornbut, thorndike, thorn-headed, thornless, thorns, thornset, thorntail, thornton, thornton niven wilder, thornton wilder, thorny amaranth, thorny skate
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | armed, barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, difficult, hard, prickly, spiny |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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