THORNIEST

THORNY

barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny

(adjective) 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”

thorny

(adjective) bristling with perplexities; “the thorny question of states’ rights”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

thorniest

superlative form of thorny: most thorny

Anagrams

• Northites, Rothstein, interhost, intershot, no-hitters

Source: Wiktionary


THORNY

Thorn"y, a. [Compar. Thornier; superl. Thorniest.] Etym: [Cf. AS. Ăľorniht.]

1. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.

2. Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing. "The thorny point of bare distress." Shak. The steep and thorny way to heaven. Shak. Thorny rest-harrow (Bot.), rest-harrow.

– Thorny trefoil, a prickly plant of the genus Fagonia (F. Cretica, etc.).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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