Thorny

  • 51thorny devil — noun : moloch 2b * * * thorny devil noun The Australian moloch lizard • • • Main Entry: ↑thorn …

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  • 52thorny — adjective /ˈθɔːni,ˈθɔɹni/ a) having thorns or spines b) troublesome or vexatious …

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  • 53thorny — Synonyms and related words: Herculean, abstruse, acanaceous, acanthoid, aciculate, aculeolate, arduous, barbed, barbellate, brambly, briery, bristly, brutal, complex, complicated, controversial, critical, delicate, demanding, difficile, difficult …

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  • 54thorny — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Thick with thorns] Syn. barbed, spiny, prickly, bristly, bristled, stinging, thistly, briery, spiky, setaceous, echinate; see also sharp 2 . Ant. smooth*, soft, glabrous. 2. [Troublesome] Syn. bothersome, perplexing,… …

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  • 55thorny —  Not ey …

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  • 56thorny — thorn·y || θɔrnɪ / θɔːnɪ adj. having thorns, prickly, spiky; difficult, trying …

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  • 57thorny — adjective (thornier, thorniest) 1》 having many thorns or thorn bushes. 2》 causing difficulty; problematic. Derivatives thornily adverb thorniness noun …

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  • 58thorny — a. 1. Spiny, spinose, spinous, prickly, briery. 2. Pricking, sharp, pointed, acuminated, picked, spiky, barbed. 3. Troublesome, vexatious, annoying, harassing, perplexing, difficult, rugged, trying …

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  • 59thorny — adj 1. prickly, brambly, briery; bristly, Bot. strigose, Zool. barbellate, setigerous, setaceous, setose; spiny, spinous, spinulose, acanthoid, like a porcupine, thistlelike, aciculate; spiky, barbed, Bot., Zool. muricate, spiculate. 2. thornlike …

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  • 60thorny — adj. (thornier, thorniest) 1 having many thorns. 2 (of a subject) hard to handle without offence; problematic. Derivatives: thornily adv. thorniness n …

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