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English adjective: thorny

1. thorny bristling with perplexities


SamplesThe thorny question of states' rights.


Similardifficult, hard


Antonymseasy

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


SamplesA horse with a short bristly mane.
Bristly shrubs.
Burred fruits.
Setaceous whiskers.


Synonymsbarbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny


Similararmed


Antonymsunarmed









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