thorny English

Meaning thorny meaning

What does thorny mean?

thorny

— adjective bristling with perplexities the thorny question of states' rights

— adjective (= barbed, bristly, burred, setaceous) having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc a horse with a short bristly mane bristly shrubs burred fruits setaceous whiskers

Synonyms thorny synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as thorny?

thorny English » English

prickly

spiny

spiky

barbed

thistly

bristled

briery

spinous

sharp

burred

bristly

briary

barbellate

vexed

troublesome

stinging

spinose

spiked

setose

setaceous

hard

difficult

burry

yam

vexatious

upsetting

untoward

uncomfortable

troubling

spined

snappy

scabrous

pointy

plaguy

plaguey

knotty

irritating

intricate

harsh

full of thorns

embarrassing

complicated

bristling

bothersome

awkward

Topics thorny topics

What do people use thorny to talk about?

Universe, creation Plant

Grass, herb, vine

• What general types of small plants are there?
  herb grass vine aquatic bulb bulbous briar brier burr cactus cane creeper cultivated fern flowering gourd reed sod sprawling thorny weed wild