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Definition of thorny
thorny 
adjective
- fraught with difficulty. Applies to things, not people.
Citation from "U.S. Supreme Court wades into California prison overcrowding issue, The Fresno Bee, Michael Doyle, December 01 2010 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: hard, confusing, difficult, a problem.
Last edited on Apr 26 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 01 2010.
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