Thorny - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈθɔːrnɪ|
Brit.
|ˈθɔːnɪ|
adjective
- bristling with perplexities
the thorny question of states' rights
- having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. (syn: barbed, briery, bristly, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny)Extra examples
...stay out of the thorny brambles unless you want a ton of scratches...
...the candidate tried to avoid discussing his views on the thorny issue of abortion...
...the thorny branches of the mesquite bosk provide quail and other desert birds with a safe haven from predators...
We still haven't sorted out the thorny problem of where exactly the money is going to come from.
They witnessed the conversion of the thorny wilderness into the fertile meadow.
The conversion of the thorny wilderness into the fertile meadow.
Word forms
adjective
comparative: thornier
superlative: thorniest
comparative: thornier
superlative: thorniest
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