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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 censored in hope of resolving 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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Other terms relating to 'hard, confusing, difficult, a problem': | |
| Definitions include: speech one doesn't understand - usually jargon specific to a particular field. | |
| Definitions include: to greatly confuse a person. | |
| Definitions include: to have a difficult-to-solve problem. | |
| Definitions include: great; "awesome"; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "shit hits the fan". | |
| Definitions include: to deal with urgent problems (usually at work.) | |
| Definitions include: "done". | |
| Definitions include: probably. | |
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| Definitions include: Past tense of "screw". | |
| Definitions include: of no more value or no longer cool. | |
| Definitions include: in an irreparably bad situation; "out of luck"; "screwed". | |
| Definitions include: something very difficult. | |
| Definitions include: to encounter difficulties. | |
| Definitions include: a stubborn person. | |
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| Definitions include: approximately; "kind of". | |
| Definitions include: about to be remembered. | |
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| Definitions include: the vulva, especially if unshaven. |
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