3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Thorny \Thorn"y\, a. [Compar. {Thornier}; superl. {Thorniest}.] [Cf. AS. [thorn]orniht.] 1. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown. [1913 Webster] 2. Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing. "The thorny point of bare distress." --Shak. [1913 Webster] The steep and thorny way to heaven. --Shak. [1913 Webster] {Thorny rest-harrow} (Bot.), rest-harrow. {Thorny trefoil}, a prickly plant of the genus {Fagonia} ({Fagonia Cretica}, etc.). [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: thorny adj 1: bristling with perplexities; "the thorny question of states' rights" 2: 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" [syn: {barbed}, {barbellate}, {briary}, {briery}, {bristled}, {bristly}, {burred}, {burry}, {prickly}, {setose}, {setaceous}, {spiny}] [also: {thorniest}, {thornier}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: thornier See {thorny}
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