"thorny" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈθɔːni/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈθɔɹni/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thorny.wav [Southern-England] Forms: thornier [comparative], thorniest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ni Etymology: From Middle English thorny, þorny, þorni, from Old English þorniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *þornag. Equivalent to thorn + -y. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|thorny}} Middle English thorny, {{m|enm|þorny}} þorny, {{m|enm|þorni}} þorni, {{inh|en|ang|þorniġ}} Old English þorniġ, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*þornag}} Proto-West Germanic *þornag, {{suffix|en|thorn|y}} thorn + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} thorny (comparative thornier, superlative thorniest)
  1. Having thorns or spines Synonyms: prickly, spiny Translations (having thorns): ἀκάνθινος (akánthinos) (Ancient Greek), ἀκανθώδης (akanthṓdēs) (Ancient Greek), شَائِك (šāʔik) (Arabic), փշոտ (pʻšot) (Armenian), কাঁইটীয়া (kãitia) (Assamese), matunok (Bikol Central), бодлив (bodliv) [masculine] (Bulgarian), трънлив (trǎnliv) (Bulgarian), ᏧᏣᏲᏍᏗ (tsutsayosdi) (Cherokee), dorna (Esperanto), piikikäs (Finnish), okainen (Finnish), épineux (French), dornig (German), αγκαθερός (agkatherós) (Greek), קֹוצָנִי (kotzaní) (Hebrew), þyrnóttur [masculine] (Icelandic), deilgneach (Irish), spíonach (Irish), spinoso [masculine] (Italian), spīnifer (Latin), spīnōsus (Latin), ērkšķains (Latvian), трнлив (trnliv) (Macedonian), боцкав (bockav) (Macedonian), pūtaratara (Maori), kōtaratara (Maori), þorniġ (Old English), ciernisty [masculine] (Polish), kolczasty [masculine] (Polish), espinhento (Portuguese), espinhoso (Portuguese), колю́чий (koljúčij) (Russian), терни́стый (ternístyj) (Russian), droighneach (Scottish Gaelic), deilgneach (Scottish Gaelic), espinoso (Spanish), espinudo [Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa-Rica, Nicaragua] (Spanish), makamaka (Sranan Tongo), matinik (Tagalog), dreiniog (Welsh), pigog (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-thorny-en-adj-W8lqob0- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 43 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 62 38 0 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 38 27 1 21 3 5 4 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 27 2 20 3 5 5 Disambiguation of 'having thorns': 98 1 1
  2. (figuratively) Troublesome or vexatious Tags: figuratively Translations (troublesome): شَائِك (šāʔik) (Arabic), тежък (težǎk) (Bulgarian), труден (truden) (Bulgarian), dorna (Esperanto), okainen (Finnish), épineux (French), dornig (German), schwierig (German), problematisch (German), spinoso (Italian), трнлив (trnliv) (Macedonian), мачен (mačen) (Macedonian), whakahōhā (Maori), kūrakuraku (Maori), pōrahurahu (Maori), whakatōwenewene (Maori), najeżony [masculine] (Polish), espinhoso (Portuguese), терни́стый (ternístyj) (Russian), тру́дный (trúdnyj) (Russian), espinoso (Spanish), espinudo [Argentina, Chile, Guatemala, colloquial] (Spanish), peliagudo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-thorny-en-adj-1DFQ3Omv Disambiguation of 'troublesome': 9 89 3
  3. Aloof and irritable
    Sense id: en-thorny-en-adj-lid5LA84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: thornily, thorniness, thorny broom, thorny devil, thorny lacewing, thorny oyster, thorny restharrow, thorny trefoil, thorny worm

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "sense": "having thorns",
          "word": "dorna"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having thorns",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having thorns",
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          "sense": "having thorns",
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          "sense": "having thorns",
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          "sense": "having thorns",
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "kotzaní",
          "sense": "having thorns",
          "word": "קֹוצָנִי"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "having thorns",
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          "sense": "having thorns",
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "having thorns",
          "word": "spíonach"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having thorns",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "having thorns",
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "having thorns",
          "word": "spīnōsus"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "having thorns",
          "word": "ērkšķains"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "trnliv",
          "sense": "having thorns",
          "word": "трнлив"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "bockav",
          "sense": "having thorns",
          "word": "боцкав"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "having thorns",
          "word": "pūtaratara"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "having thorns",
          "word": "kōtaratara"
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          "code": "ang",
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          "sense": "having thorns",
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having thorns",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "sense": "having thorns",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kolczasty"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "having thorns",
          "word": "espinhento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "having thorns",
          "word": "espinhoso"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "koljúčij",
          "sense": "having thorns",
          "word": "колю́чий"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ternístyj",
          "sense": "having thorns",
          "word": "терни́стый"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "having thorns",
          "word": "droighneach"
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          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "having thorns",
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having thorns",
          "word": "espinoso"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having thorns",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Bolivia",
            "Chile",
            "Costa-Rica",
            "Nicaragua"
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          "word": "espinudo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "srn",
          "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
          "sense": "having thorns",
          "word": "makamaka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "having thorns",
          "word": "matinik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "having thorns",
          "word": "dreiniog"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "having thorns",
          "word": "pigog"
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        {
          "ref": "2021 October 10, Caroline Anders, “A TikTok bone salesman’s wall of spines reignites ethical debate over selling human remains”, in The Washington Post",
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          "_dis1": "9 89 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "šāʔik",
          "sense": "troublesome",
          "word": "شَائِك"
        },
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          "_dis1": "9 89 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "težǎk",
          "sense": "troublesome",
          "word": "тежък"
        },
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "truden",
          "sense": "troublesome",
          "word": "труден"
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          "_dis1": "9 89 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "troublesome",
          "word": "dorna"
        },
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          "_dis1": "9 89 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "troublesome",
          "word": "okainen"
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          "sense": "troublesome",
          "word": "épineux"
        },
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "troublesome",
          "word": "dornig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "troublesome",
          "word": "schwierig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "troublesome",
          "word": "problematisch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "troublesome",
          "word": "spinoso"
        },
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          "_dis1": "9 89 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "trnliv",
          "sense": "troublesome",
          "word": "трнлив"
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          "_dis1": "9 89 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "mačen",
          "sense": "troublesome",
          "word": "мачен"
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          "_dis1": "9 89 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "troublesome",
          "word": "whakahōhā"
        },
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          "_dis1": "9 89 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "troublesome",
          "word": "kūrakuraku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "troublesome",
          "word": "pōrahurahu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "troublesome",
          "word": "whakatōwenewene"
        },
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          "_dis1": "9 89 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "troublesome",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "najeżony"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "troublesome",
          "word": "espinhoso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ternístyj",
          "sense": "troublesome",
          "word": "терни́стый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "trúdnyj",
          "sense": "troublesome",
          "word": "тру́дный"
        },
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          "_dis1": "9 89 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "troublesome",
          "word": "espinoso"
        },
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          "_dis1": "9 89 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "troublesome",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Chile",
            "Guatemala",
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "espinudo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "troublesome",
          "word": "peliagudo"
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        {
          "ref": "1868, Louisa May Alcott, Good Wives",
          "text": "Come, Jo, don't be thorny. After studying himself to a skeleton all the week, a fellow deserves petting, and ought to get it.",
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        }
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          "irritable",
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      "ipa": "/ˈθɔːni/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈθɔɹni/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms suffixed with -y",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English verbs",
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    "enm:Botany"
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      "word": "thornily"
    },
    {
      "word": "thorniness"
    },
    {
      "word": "thorny broom"
    },
    {
      "word": "thorny devil"
    },
    {
      "word": "thorny lacewing"
    },
    {
      "word": "thorny oyster"
    },
    {
      "word": "thorny restharrow"
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    {
      "word": "thorny trefoil"
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      "word": "thorny worm"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "form": "thornier",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "thorniest",
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    }
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          "word": "prickly"
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          "word": "spiny"
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          "ref": "2021 October 10, Caroline Anders, “A TikTok bone salesman’s wall of spines reignites ethical debate over selling human remains”, in The Washington Post",
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          "vexatious"
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          "ref": "1868, Louisa May Alcott, Good Wives",
          "text": "Come, Jo, don't be thorny. After studying himself to a skeleton all the week, a fellow deserves petting, and ought to get it.",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈθɔɹni/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šāʔik",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "شَائِك"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pʻšot",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "փշոտ"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "kãitia",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "কাঁইটীয়া"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "matunok"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bodliv",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бодлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "trǎnliv",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "трънлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "tsutsayosdi",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "ᏧᏣᏲᏍᏗ"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "dorna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "piikikäs"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "okainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "épineux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "dornig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "agkatherós",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "αγκαθερός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "akánthinos",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "ἀκάνθινος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "akanthṓdēs",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "ἀκανθώδης"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kotzaní",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "קֹוצָנִי"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "þyrnóttur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "deilgneach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "spíonach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spinoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "spīnifer"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "spīnōsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "ērkšķains"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "trnliv",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "трнлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bockav",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "боцкав"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "pūtaratara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "kōtaratara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "þorniġ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ciernisty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kolczasty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "espinhento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "espinhoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "koljúčij",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "колю́чий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ternístyj",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "терни́стый"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "droighneach"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "deilgneach"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "espinoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "Bolivia",
        "Chile",
        "Costa-Rica",
        "Nicaragua"
      ],
      "word": "espinudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "srn",
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "makamaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "matinik"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "dreiniog"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "having thorns",
      "word": "pigog"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šāʔik",
      "sense": "troublesome",
      "word": "شَائِك"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "težǎk",
      "sense": "troublesome",
      "word": "тежък"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "truden",
      "sense": "troublesome",
      "word": "труден"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "troublesome",
      "word": "dorna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "troublesome",
      "word": "okainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "troublesome",
      "word": "épineux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "troublesome",
      "word": "dornig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "troublesome",
      "word": "schwierig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "troublesome",
      "word": "problematisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "troublesome",
      "word": "spinoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "trnliv",
      "sense": "troublesome",
      "word": "трнлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mačen",
      "sense": "troublesome",
      "word": "мачен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "troublesome",
      "word": "whakahōhā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "troublesome",
      "word": "kūrakuraku"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "troublesome",
      "word": "pōrahurahu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "troublesome",
      "word": "whakatōwenewene"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "troublesome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "najeżony"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "troublesome",
      "word": "espinhoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ternístyj",
      "sense": "troublesome",
      "word": "терни́стый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trúdnyj",
      "sense": "troublesome",
      "word": "тру́дный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "troublesome",
      "word": "espinoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "troublesome",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "Chile",
        "Guatemala",
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "espinudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "troublesome",
      "word": "peliagudo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "thorny"
}

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