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':
mumbo jumbo	Definitions include: speech one doesn't understand - usually jargon specific to a particular field.
do (one's) head in	Definitions include: to greatly confuse a person.
in a bind	Definitions include: to have a difficult-to-solve problem.
clutch	Definitions include: great; "awesome"; "cool".
SHTF	Definitions include: acronym for "shit hits the fan".
put out fires	Definitions include: to deal with urgent problems (usually at work.)
donezo	Definitions include: "done".
prob	Definitions include: probably.
fight fires	Definitions include: to deal with urgent problems (usually at work.)
screwed	Definitions include: Past tense of "screw".
game over	Definitions include: of no more value or no longer cool.
*ss out	Definitions include: in an irreparably bad situation; "out of luck"; "screwed".
nightmare	Definitions include: something very difficult.
hit some bumps in the road	Definitions include: to encounter difficulties.
hard-*ss	Definitions include: a stubborn person.
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