thorny

thorn·y  (thôrn)

adj. thorn·i·er, thorn·i·est

1. Full of or covered with thorns.

2. Spiny.

3. Painfully controversial; vexatious: a thorny situation; thorny issues.

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thorni·ly adv.

thorni·ness n.

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thorny

Adjective

[thornier, thorniest]

1. covered with thorns

2. difficult or unpleasant: a thorny issue

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	thorny - bristling with perplexities; "the thorny question of states' rights" difficult, hard - not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
	2.	thorny - 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" barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, burred, burry, setaceous, setose, spiny, prickly, bristly, barbed armed - (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns

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thorny

adjective 1. prickly, spiky, spiny, pointed, sharp, barbed, bristly, spinous, bristling with thorns

adjective 2. troublesome, difficult, problematic(al), trying, hard, worrying, tough, upsetting, awkward, unpleasant, sticky (informal) harassing, irksome, ticklish, vexatious

Translations

thorny [ˈθɔːnɪ] adj → espinoso

thorny [ˈθɔːnɪ] adj → épineux/euse

thorny [ˈθɔːnɪ] thorn adj → dornig (fig) [problem] → heikel

thorny [ˈθɔːnɪ] adj → spinoso/a