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What is the adjective for thorns?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb thorn which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

thorny
  1. having thorns or spines
  2. troublesome or vexatious
  3. aloof and irritable
  4. Synonyms:
      5. prickly, barbed, spiny, brambly, spiky, bristly, spiked, scratchy, sharp, pointed, spinous, briary, thistly, briery, spinose, spined, bristling, stinging, bristling with thorns, bristled, pronged, spiculate, spicular, pointy, barbellate, jagged, aculeate, burry, muricate, setaceous, rough, echinated, pricky, echinate, toothed, serrated, notched, sawtooth, sawtoothed, snaggy, setiferous, chaetophorous, stiff, setigerous, sticky, spiniferous, jaggy, bristlelike, spinelike, aciculate … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “Ignoring the stones sticking into his knees, Jack carefully parted the thorny branches.”
      “Yet all of these thorny questions will have to be addressed when inevitably he has a much smaller majority.”
      “Flowering quince is Chaenomeles, that dense, thorny, spring-blooming shrub that comes in all those incomparably rich and tarty hot colors.”
thornlike
  1. Resembling a thorn or some aspect of one; pointed, acuate.
  2. Examples:
      3. “The sharp, thornlike spines along its leaves arch away from the leaf tip instead of towards it.”
      “It outcompetes forage grasses, and its thornlike prickles pose a threat to workers picking vegetable crops in infested areas.”
      “Often the dendrites have tiny, thornlike spines on their surfaces, which serve as contact points for parts of other neurons.”
thornproof
  1. Resistant to tearing by thorns.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Waxed cotton coats, thornproof trousers and lightweight gumboots are standard kit on most shoots with the tweeds being brought out for the more formal days.”
thornen
  1. (obsolete) Made of or consisting of thorns.
thorned
  1. containing thorns
thornless
  1. Without thorns.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Eastern thornless blackberries have increased in price and acreage in Ohio in recent years.”
      “Near the terrace of one of the college buildings was a row of planted thornless honey locust trees.”
      “The strong, stems are almost thornless, which makes them easy to fan out to the sides to create plentiful new flowering growth.”
thornier
  1. comparative form of thorny: more thorny
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pricklier, spinier, bramblier, spikier, bristlier, scratchier, sharper, more barbed, more spiked, more pointed, more spinous, more briary, more thistly, more briery, more spinose, more spined, more bristling, more stinging, more bristled, more pronged, more spicular, pointier, more barbellate, jaggeder, more aculeate, more burry, more setaceous, rougher, more sawtoothed, more echinate, prickier, more notched, snaggier, stickier, more spiniferous, jaggier, stiffer, more chaetophorous, more setiferous, more setigerous, more spinelike, more aciculate, more bristlelike, more aculeated, difficulter, trickier, knottier, tougher … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Determining which of the structures have qualities that make them public in nature is an even thornier task.”
      “His talent lies in navigating thornier moralistic hinterlands.”
      “What I want to do is to take a hard look at some of the thornier questions that localisers must address, so that our mutual case can be strengthened.”
thorniest
  1. superlative form of thorny: most thorny
  2. Synonyms:
      3. prickliest, spiniest, brambliest, spikiest, bristliest, scratchiest, sharpest, most barbed, most spiked, most pointed, most spinous, most briary, most thistly, most briery, most spinose, most spined, most bristling, most stinging, most bristled, most pronged, most spicular, pointiest, most barbellate, jaggedest, most aculeate, most burry, most setaceous, roughest, most sawtoothed, prickiest, most echinate, most notched, snaggiest, most spiniferous, stickiest, jaggiest, most setiferous, most chaetophorous, stiffest, most setigerous, most spinelike, most aciculate, most bristlelike, most aculeated, difficultest, trickiest, knottiest, toughest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Of all the little maintenance procedures that harpsichord owners must attend to, replacing a plectrum is perhaps the thorniest of issues.”
      “We're working very closely with the studios on several issues,' adding that content protection against piracy was the thorniest problem.”
      “It is critical for litigation and retention practitioners to understand what best practices are and what other practitioners are doing on the thorniest issues.”
thorning
  1. present participle of thorn
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