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Thorn·y
/ˈTHôrnē/
adjective
1.
having many thorns or thorn bushes.
Similar
prickly
spiky
barbed
spiny
spined
bristly
briary
sharp
pointed
technical:
spinose
spinous
▪
causing distress, difficulty, or trouble:
"a thorny problem for our team to solve"
Similar
problematic
tricky
ticklish
delicate
controversial
awkward
prickly
difficult
knotty
tough
taxing
trying
troublesome
irksome
vexatious
bothersome
worrying
concerning
upsetting
complicated
complex
involved
convoluted
intricate
vexed
informal:
sticky
dodgy
Opposite
easy
uncomplicated
Derivatives
1.
thornily
adverb
2.
thorniness
noun
Scrabble Points: 12
T
1
H
4
O
1
R
1
N
1
Y
4
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