What does Thorny mean?
Definitions for Thorny
ˈθɔr nithorny
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Thorny.
Princeton's WordNet
thornyadjective
bristling with perplexities
"the thorny question of states' rights"
barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thornyadjective
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"
Wiktionary
thornyadjective
having thorns or spines
thornyadjective
troublesome or vexatious
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Thornyadjective
Etymology: from thorn.
Not winding ivy, nor the glorious bay;
He wore, sweet head, a thorny diadem. Thomas Randolph.The boar’s eye-balls glare with fire,
His neck shoots up a thickset thorny wood;
His bristled back a trench impal’d appears. Dryden.The wiser madmen did for virtue toil
A thorny, or at best a barren soil. Dryden.They on the bleaky top
Of rugged hills, the thorny bramble crop. Dryden.No dislike against the person
Of our good queen, but the sharp thorny points
Of my alleged reasons drive this forward. William Shakespeare.By how many thorny and hard ways they are come thereunto, by how many civil broils. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.
ChatGPT
thorny
Thorny refers to something that is covered with or full of sharp-pointed projections. It can be used literally, such as to describe a plant with spines or prickles, or figuratively, to describe a situation, issue or problem that is problematic, difficult or complicated.
Webster Dictionary
Thorny
full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown
Thorny
like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing
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Anagrams for Thorny »
rhyton
rython
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Thorny in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Thorny in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Thorny in a Sentence
Because the mechanisms and related policies for state-owned firms exiting the market are not complete, closing them will raise thorny problems like the settlement of debts.
I think the science is fine, they definitely can kill mosquitoes, but the GMO issue still sticks as something of a thorny issue for the general public, it's not even so much about the science — you can't go ahead with something like this if public opinion is negative.
I want members on both sides of the aisle to sit down, and let’s have a conversation about how to address what, frankly, has become a very thorny issue.
There are some really thorny legal questions that arise.
When the Russians try to fix one problem they caused themselves, another problem arises, you're trying to create a thorny knot of dilemmas so every time they try to do something that makes their life better, it actually makes their life worse.
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