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Showing words for THORNY using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Thorny

rhyton, thorny

5 Letter Words for Thorny

horny, north, thorn

4 Letter Words for Thorny

hont, horn, hort, hory, orth, ront, royt, rynt, ryot, thon, thor, thro, tony, torn, tron, troy, tyro, yont

3 Letter Words for Thorny

hny, hon, hor, hot, hoy, noh, nor, not, noy, nth, ont, ony, ort, ory, rho, rhy, ron, rot, tho, thy, ton, tor, toy, try, tyr, yon, yor, yot

Definitions for Thorny

[1] abounding in or characterized by thorns; spiny; prickly.
[2] thornlike.
[3] overgrown with thorns or brambles.
[4] painful; vexatious: a thorny predicament.
[5] full of difficulties, complexities, or controversial points: a thorny question.
[6] bearing or covered with thorns
[7] difficult or unpleasant a thorny problem
[8] sharp

Words related to Thorny

prickly, spiky, tricky, unpleasant, troublesome, perplexing, awkward, sticky, bothersome, ticklish, nettlesome, irksome, barbed, bristly, thistly, spiny, bristling, spinous, baffling, formidable

Words nearby Thorny

thornbill, thornbush, thorndike, thornhill, thornton, thorny, thoro, thorold, thoron, thorough, thorough bass

Origin of Thorny

before 1000; Middle English; Old English thornig. See thorn, -y1

Other words from Thorny

thorn·i·ly , adverb
thorn·i·ness , noun
un·thorn·y , adjective

Synonyms for Thorny

prickly, spiky, arrowlike, barbed, briery, bristling, bristly, spiked, spinous, spiny, stinging, thistly