ALL meanings of thorn in one's flesh
thorn
T t - noun thorn in one's flesh a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle. 1
- noun thorn in one's flesh any of various thorny shrubs or trees, especially the hawthorns belonging to the genus Crataegus, of the rose family. 1
- noun thorn in one's flesh the wood of any of these trees. 1
- noun thorn in one's flesh a 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. 1
- noun thorn in one's flesh something that wounds, annoys, or causes discomfort. 1
- verb with object thorn in one's flesh to prick with a thorn; vex. 1
- idioms thorn in one's flesh thorn in one's side / flesh, a source of continual irritation or suffering: That child is a thorn in the teacher's side. 1