thorny
Having thorns or spines.
Other meanings
troublesome or vexatious.
aloof and irritable.
Synonyms
- barbed
- bristly
- prickly
- spiny
Related words
- unthorny
- thornily
- thorniness
- thorny restharrow
- thorny trefoil
- thorny broom
- thorny devil
- thorny lacewing
- thorny oyster
- thorny worm
- thorny burnet
Word history
From Old English "þorniġ".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “thorny” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.