Thorny
Pronunciation : Thorn"y
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Cf. AS. ?orniht.]
Definition : 1. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.
2. Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing. "The thorny point of bare distress." Shak. The steep and thorny way to heaven. Shak. Thorny rest-harrow (Bot.), rest-harrow. -- Thorny trefoil, a prickly plant of the genus Fagonia (F. Cretica, etc.).
[Compar. Thornier; superl. Thorniest.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913