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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 | ||
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