See thorny in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2008 July 15, Keith Goetzman, “Is Fan Fiction Flouting the Law?”, in Utne Reader:",
"text": "Westcott doesn’t even consider the thornier question of fan fiction based on real and often living people, for instance, the “bandslash” or “bandfic” phenomenon built around rock-star characters and often homoerotic subplots.",
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"ref": "2017 September 28, Ana Swanson, “How the Trump Administration Is Doing Renegotiating Nafta”, in The New York Times:",
"text": "Six weeks into the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the thorniest issues surrounding the pact remain unresolved.",
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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:",
"text": "Museums have recently begun to confront the same thorny question, with several issuing public apologies for collecting the remains of people believed or known to have been enslaved.",
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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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"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"
},
{
"word": "thorny worm"
}
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"Having thorns or spines"
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"ref": "c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:",
"text": "the steep and thorny way to heaven",
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"ref": "2008 July 15, Keith Goetzman, “Is Fan Fiction Flouting the Law?”, in Utne Reader:",
"text": "Westcott doesn’t even consider the thornier question of fan fiction based on real and often living people, for instance, the “bandslash” or “bandfic” phenomenon built around rock-star characters and often homoerotic subplots.",
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"ref": "2017 September 28, Ana Swanson, “How the Trump Administration Is Doing Renegotiating Nafta”, in The New York Times:",
"text": "Six weeks into the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the thorniest issues surrounding the pact remain unresolved.",
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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:",
"text": "Museums have recently begun to confront the same thorny question, with several issuing public apologies for collecting the remains of people believed or known to have been enslaved.",
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"(figuratively) Troublesome or 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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}
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šāʔik",
"sense": "having thorns",
"word": "شَائِك"
},
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"code": "hy",
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"roman": "pʻšot",
"sense": "having thorns",
"word": "փշոտ"
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"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "kãitia",
"sense": "having thorns",
"word": "কাঁইটীয়া"
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"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "having thorns",
"word": "matunok"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bodliv",
"sense": "having thorns",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "бодлив"
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"sense": "having thorns",
"word": "трънлив"
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"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "tsutsayosdi",
"sense": "having thorns",
"word": "ᏧᏣᏲᏍᏗ"
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "having thorns",
"word": "dorna"
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"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"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "having thorns",
"word": "αγκαθερός"
},
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "akánthinos",
"sense": "having thorns",
"word": "ἀκάνθινος"
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"roman": "akanthṓdēs",
"sense": "having thorns",
"word": "ἀκανθώδης"
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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",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "þyrnóttur"
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{
"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"
},
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "having thorns",
"word": "ērkšķains"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "trnliv",
"sense": "having thorns",
"word": "трнлив"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "bockav",
"sense": "having thorns",
"word": "боцкав"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having thorns",
"word": "pūtaratara"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having thorns",
"word": "kōtaratara"
},
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"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "having thorns",
"word": "þorniġ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having thorns",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "ciernisty"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having thorns",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "kolczasty"
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{
"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"
},
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"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"
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{
"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"
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"code": "srn",
"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
"sense": "having thorns",
"word": "makamaka"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "having thorns",
"word": "matinik"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "having thorns",
"word": "dreiniog"
},
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "having thorns",
"word": "pigog"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šāʔik",
"sense": "troublesome",
"word": "شَائِك"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "težǎk",
"sense": "troublesome",
"word": "тежък"
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{
"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"
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{
"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"
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{
"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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