Defenition of the word thorny

• Defenition of the word thorny

  • Having thorns.
  • having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns etc; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"
  • bristling with perplexities; "the thorny question of states' rights"
  • 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"
  • bristling with perplexities; "the thorny question of states'' rights"
  • having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
  • bristling with perplexities

Synonyms for the word thorny

• • awkward
  • barbed
  • barbellate
  • briary
  • briery
  • bristled
  • bristly
  • burred
  • burry
  • difficult
  • hard
  • knotty
  • pointed
  • prickly
  • problematic
  • sharp
  • spiky
  • spiny
  • tough
  • tricky

Similar words in the thorny

• • armed
  • difficult
  • hard
  • thorny

See other words

• • What is proposal
  • The definition of probably
  • The interpretation of the word prison
  • What is meant by priest
  • The lexical meaning prevent
  • The dictionary meaning of the word pretty
  • The grammatical meaning of the word prescribe
  • Meaning of the word prepare
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word pot
  • The origin of the word question
  • Synonym for the word end
  • Antonyms for the word loose
  • Homonyms for the word persistence
  • Hyponyms for the word solid
  • Holonyms for the word race
  • Hypernyms for the word rain
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word rapid
  • Translation of the word in other languages rascal