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	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry:	thorny
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	Full of sharp needlelike protuberances.
Synonyms:	briery, echinate, pricky, spiny, thistly, prickly
Source:	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry:	thorny
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	So replete with interlocking points and complications as to be painfully irritating.
Synonyms:	nettlesome, spiny, prickly
Source:	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.