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"Thorny"
Keywords:
perplexing
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vexatious
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troublesome
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bristling
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harassing
Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing.
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bristling with perplexities; "the thorny question of states' rights"
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Keywords:
setaceous
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bristly
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burred
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mane
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whiskers
Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.
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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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