Synonyms of the word

thorn

• n. A sharp protective spine of a plant.
• n. Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns.
• n. (figuratively) That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.
• n. A letter of the Latin alphabet (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed by Old English from the futhark to represent…
• v. To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn.

aculeus

• n. (botany) A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses.
• n. A sting.

annoyance

• n. (countable) That which annoys.
• n. (countable) An act or instance of annoying.
• n. (uncountable) The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated.

bother

• v. (transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.
• v. (intransitive) To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
• v. (intransitive) To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
• n. Fuss, ado.
• n. Trouble, inconvenience.
• interj. A mild expression of annoyance.

botheration

• n. The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause of trouble; perplexity; annoyance; vexation.
• interj. An expression of annoyance.

infliction

• n. The act of inflicting or something inflicted; an imposition.

irritant

• adj. Causing irritation or inflammation.
• adj. (law, Scotland) Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating.
• n. Any medication designed to cause irritation.
• n. A source of irritation.

pain

• n. (countable and uncountable) An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation,…
• n. (uncountable) The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure;…
• n. (countable) An annoying person or thing.
• n. (uncountable, obsolete) Suffering inflicted as punishment or penalty.
• n. Labour; effort; pains.
• v. (transitive) To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any…
• v. (transitive) To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.

pricker

• n. One who pricks.
• n. A tool for pricking.
• n. A prickle or thorn.
• n. One who spurs forward; a light horseman.
• n. A priming wire; a priming needle, used in blasting and gunnery.
• n. (nautical) A small marlinespike used in sailmaking.

prickle

• n. A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn.
• n. A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
• n. A kind of willow basket.
• n. (Britain, obsolete) A sieve of hazelnuts, weighing about fifty pounds.
• v. (intransitive) To feel a prickle.
• v. (transitive) To cause someone to feel a prickle.

rune

• n. A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially…
• n. A Finnish or Scandinavian epic poem, or a division of one, especially a division of the Kalevala.
• n. A letter or mark used as mystical or magic symbol.
• n. A verse or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; a spell or an incantation.
• n. (obsolete) A roun (secret or mystery).

spikelet

• n. (botany) A small, or secondary spike, especially one of many in the inflorescence of a grass or sedge.

spine

• n. The series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a person, or from the head to…
• n. Something resembling a backbone, such as a ridge, or a long, central structure from which other structures…
• n. A pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needle-like structure on an animal, shell, or plant.
• n. (figuratively) Courage or assertiveness.
• n. The stiffness of an arrow.

sticker

• n. something that sticks.
• n. an adhesive label or decal.
• n. a brand, label, or company, especially one making and distributing records.
• n. a price tag.
• n. the listed price (also sticker price).
• n. (informal) a burr or seed pod that catches in fur or clothing.
• n. a wooden strip placed between courses of lumber to allow air circulation. (also 'kiln sticker').
• n. (colloquial, dated) That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses.
• n. (music) A small wooden rod in an organ which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate…
• n. (US, politics) A paster.
• n. (Internet) A picture that is a detailed illustration of a character that represents an emotion or action…
• v. To apply one or more stickers to (something).
• v. To mark as the sticker price.
• adj. (nonstandard, informal) comparative form of stick: more stick (stickier).