Synonyms of the word

thorny

• adj. having thorns or spines.
• adj. troublesome or vexatious.
• adj. aloof and irritable.

armed

• adj. (sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.
• adj. (of a weapon) Prepared for use; loaded.
• adj. (obsolete) Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of arm.
• adj. (chiefly in combination) Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
• adj. (of a creature) Possessing arms of a specified number or type.
• adj. (heraldry, of horns, teeth, beaks, etc.) Coloured in a different tincture from the beast or bird itself.

barbed

• adj. Having barbs.
• adj. (heraldry) Bearded (also applied to roses, referring to the leaves between the petals).
• adj. (of a horse) Accoutered with defensive armor; barded.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of barb.

barbellate

• adj. (botany) Having a covering of fine barbs, quills, spines or thorns.

briary

• adj. Like a briar; thorny.

briery

• adj. Alternative spelling of briary.
• n. A place where briars grow.

bristled

• v. simple past tense and past participle of bristle.

bristly

• adj. Covered with bristles.
• adj. Easily antagonized; irascible; prone to bristling.

burred

• v. simple past tense and past participle of burr.

burry

• adj. Abounding in burs.

difficult

• adj. Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
• adj. (often of a person, or a horse, etc) Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.
• adj. (obsolete) Unable or unwilling.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To make difficult; to impede; to perplex.

hard

• adj. (of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
• adj. (personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
• adj. Unquestionable.
• adj. (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
• adj. (slang, vulgar, of a male) Sexually aroused.
• adj. (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
• adj. (phonetics, not comparable).
• adj. (art) Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.
• adj. (not comparable) In the form of a hard copy.
• adv. (manner) With much force or effort.
• adv. (manner) With difficulty.
• adv. (obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.
• adv. (manner) Compactly.
• adv. (now archaic) Near, close.
• n. (countable, nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
• n. (uncountable, drugs, colloquial, slang) crack cocaine.

prickly

• adj. Covered with sharp points.
• adj. Easily irritated.
• adj. difficult, hairy, complicated.
• adv. In a prickly manner.

setaceous

• adj. of, relating to, or resembling a bristle or bristles; bristly.

setose

• adj. Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.

spiny

• adj. covered in spines or thorns.
• adj. troublesome; difficult or vexing.
• adj. Like a spine in shape; slender.
• n. Archaic form of spinny.