thorniness

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The property of being thorny (of having thorns or metaphorically being difficult)
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{a} full of thorns, prickly, difficult, hard
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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"
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troublesome or vexatious
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A thorny plant or tree is covered with thorns. thorny hawthorn trees
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bristling with perplexities; "the thorny question of states' rights
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having thorns or spines
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bristling with perplexities; "the thorny question of states' rights"
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Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing
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If you describe a problem as thorny, you mean that it is very complicated and difficult to solve, and that people are often unwilling to discuss it. the thorny issue of immigration policy
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{s} having thorns, prickly, spiky; difficult, trying
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Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown
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