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Meaning of 'thorny' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Thorny [ superl.]
- Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.
- Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing.

Meaning of 'thorny' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . thorny [ s]
Meaning (1):
- having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
Example in sentence:
  • a horse with a short bristly mane;
  • bristly shrubs;
  • burred fruits;
  • setaceous whiskers
Meaning (2):
- bristling with perplexities
Example in sentence:
  • the thorny question of states' rights

Nearby Words:

tho thole tholed tholing thomaean thomaism thomean thomism thomist thomite

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