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thorny

[ thawr-nee ]

adjective

thornier, thorniest.
  1. abounding in or characterized by thorns; spiny; prickly.
  2. overgrown with thorns or brambles.
  3. painful; vexatious:

    a thorny predicament.

  4. full of difficulties, complexities, or controversial points:

    a thorny question.

    Synonyms: , ,



thorny

/ 藞胃蓴藧苍瑟 /

adjective

  1. bearing or covered with thorns
  2. difficult or unpleasant

    a thorny problem

  3. sharp
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞迟丑辞谤苍颈濒测, adverb
  • 藞迟丑辞谤苍颈苍别蝉蝉, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 迟丑辞谤苍顎僫路濒测 adverb
  • 迟丑辞谤苍顎僫路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 耻苍路迟丑辞谤苍顎儁 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of thorny1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English thornig. See thorn, -y 1
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This time, however, testimony suggested a thornier layer to the quarrel: Phillip said the family had learned a few years earlier that the older brother was not Ferguson鈥檚 biological child.

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It was particularly thorny for the SNP whose former leader Nicola Sturgeon championed the expansion of trans rights, cheered on by some in her party and opposed loudly by others.

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The debate also raises the thorny question of what, exactly, qualifies as 鈥渏unk food.鈥

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She doesn鈥檛 shy away from the thornier feelings of adolescence, such as grief, isolation and revenge, the latter of which is the driving force of this installment as Rosie seeks to avenge her mother鈥檚 murder.

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As for the thorny task of comparing golfers across generations and even centuries, Arkush leans on the wisdom of Jones, whose words can be extrapolated fairly to include women as well as men:

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