thorny, adj.
(thornier, thorniest)
(thornier, thorniest)
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
<adj.all>
barbed barbellate briary briery bristled bristly burred burry prickly setaceous setose spiny thorny
sample sentences
"a horse with a short bristly mane""bristly shrubs"
"burred fruits"
"setaceous whiskers"
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derivationally related form
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derivationally related form
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bristling with perplexities
<adj.all>
thorny
sample sentences
"the thorny question of states' rights"
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