thornier; thorniest
thorniness
noun
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stay out of the thorny brambles unless you want a ton of scratches
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Going through that process for a real person with a thorny past was a much more difficult process than he was used to.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 3 Dec. 2024
Politics have long been a thorny issue within Latinx families.
—Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
Either way, a Trump presidency will not be a walk in the park for Europe—but just how thorny the path is remains to be seen.
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As per all flash-in-the-pan viral trends, the thorny matter eventually faded out and people moved onto other newer viral trends.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 3 Dec. 2024
Politics have long been a thorny issue within Latinx families.
—Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
Either way, a Trump presidency will not be a walk in the park for Europe—but just how thorny the path is remains to be seen.
—Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 6 Nov. 2024
As per all flash-in-the-pan viral trends, the thorny matter eventually faded out and people moved onto other newer viral trends.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Thorny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thorny. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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thorny
adjective
thornier; thorniest
1
: full of or covered with thorns
thorny rose bushes
2
: full of difficulties
a thorny problem
thorniness
noun
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