Thorniest

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.
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     2. Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome;
        vexatious; harassing; perplexing. "The thorny point of
        bare distress." --Shak.
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              The steep and thorny way to heaven.   --Shak.
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     {Thorny rest-harrow} (Bot.), rest-harrow.
  
     {Thorny trefoil}, a prickly plant of the genus {Fagonia}
        ({Fagonia Cretica}, etc.).
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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]:

  thorniest
       See {thorny}