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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024thorn•y (thôr′nē),USA pronunciation adj., thorn•i•er, thorn•i•est. - Botanyabounding in or characterized by thorns;
spiny;
prickly. - Botanythornlike.
- Botanyovergrown with thorns or brambles.
- painful;
vexatious:a thorny predicament. - full of difficulties, complexities, or controversial points:a thorny question.
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English thornig. See thorn, -y1
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged tough, sticky, ticklish, perplexing.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: thorny /ˈθɔːnɪ/ adj (thornier, thorniest)- bearing or covered with thorns
- difficult or unpleasant
- sharp
ˈthornily adv ˈthorniness n thorn /θɔrn/USA pronunciation n. - Botany a hard, sharp point growing out on a plant:[countable]Roses have thorns.
- Plant Biologya tree, bush, or shrub having such sharp points: [uncountable]rows of thorn.[countable]to cut down a few thorns.
- a source or cause of continual annoyance:[countable]A noisy neighbor can be a thorn in one's side.
thorn•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024thorn (thôrn),USA pronunciation n. - Botanya sharp excrescence on a plant, esp. a sharp-pointed aborted branch;
spine;
prickle. - Plant Biologyany of various thorny shrubs or trees, esp. the hawthorns belonging to the genus Crataegus, of the rose family.
- the wood of any of these trees.
- Linguisticsa runic character (þ), borrowed into the Latin alphabet and representing the initial th sounds in thin and they in Old English, or thin in modern Icelandic.
- something that wounds, annoys, or causes discomfort.
- thorn in one's side or flesh, a source of continual irritation or suffering:That child is a thorn in the teacher's side.
v.t. - to prick with a thorn;
vex.
- bef. 900; Middle English (noun, nominal), Old English; cognate with Dutch doorn, German Dorn, Old Norse thorn, Gothic thaurnus
- Place NamesGerman name of Torun.
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