English adjective: thorny | |||
1. | thorny bristling with perplexities | ||
Samples | The thorny question of states' rights. | ||
Similar | difficult, hard | ||
Antonyms | easy | ||
2. | thorny having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | ||
Samples | A horse with a short bristly mane. Bristly shrubs. Burred fruits. Setaceous whiskers. | ||
Synonyms | barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny | ||
Similar | armed | ||
Antonyms | unarmed | ||