All thorny synonyms
thorn·y
T t adjective thorny
- knifelike — Resembling a knife or its effects.
- complex — Something that is complex has many different parts, and is therefore often difficult to understand.
- echinate — bristly; prickly.
- complicated — If you say that something is complicated, you mean it has so many parts or aspects that it is difficult to understand or deal with.
- nodulous — having nodules.
- harassing — to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
- barbed — A barbed remark or joke seems polite or humorous, but contains a cleverly hidden criticism.
- enigmatical — Pertaining to an enigma.
- needlelike — a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
- jeopardous — perilous; dangerous; hazardous; risky.
- intractable — not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition.
adverb thorny
- intricately — having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved: an intricate maze.
adj thorny
- acuate — to sharpen
- knotty — having knots; full of knots: a knotty piece of wood.
- mazy — full of confusing turns, passages, etc.; like a maze; labyrinthine.
- awkward — An awkward situation is embarrassing and difficult to deal with.
- dangerous — If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you.
- horned — made of horn.
- difficult — not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job.
- hispid — rough with stiff hairs, bristles, or minute spines.
- mind-bending — mind-blowing.
- apical — of, at, or being the apex
- acuminous — keen insight; shrewdness: remarkable acumen in business matters.
- gordian — pertaining to Gordius, ancient king of Phrygia, who tied a knot (the Gordian knot) that, according to prophecy, was to be undone only by the person who was to rule Asia, and that was cut, rather than untied, by Alexander the Great.
- ill-fitting — (of a garment) not fitting well.
- knife-edged — having a thin, sharp edge.
- lancinating — to stab or pierce.
noun thorny
- awkwardness — lacking skill or dexterity. Synonyms: clumsy, inept; unskillful, unhandy, inexpert. Antonyms: deft, adroit, skillful, dexterous; handy.
- inopportuneness — The quality of being inopportune.
- in-convenience — the quality or state of being inconvenient.