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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
Etymology
Adjective
thorny (comparative thornier, superlative thorniest)
having thorns or spines
(figuratively) troublesome or vexatious
aloof and irritable
Anagrams
• rhyton
Source: Wiktionary
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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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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