thorny [ thawr-nee ]
The word of the day is ‘thorny’.
The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence. (aaronkirman.com)
No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Sharp
2. Pointed
3. Having many thorns or thorn bushes
4. Difficult
1. He had torn his coat on the thorny tree.
2. Privacy issues in the future will be thorny to work through.
3. Thorny acacias, euphorbias and aloes are still, however, found in patches on the plains.
4. Gray desert plants, notably cactuses and other thorny plants, partly replace in the south the bushes of the north.
5. The characteristic plants are thorny and small-leaved, or else bulbous.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
prickly, spiky, arrowlike, barbed, briery, bristling, bristly, spiked, spinous, spiny, stinging, bothersome, irksome, nettlesome, perplexing, sticky, ticklish, tricky, troublesome, unpleasant, baffling, formidable, harassing, hard, severe, tough, trying, upsetting, vexatious, worrying, pointed, spinose, problematic, delicate, controversial, awkward, difficult, knotty, tough, taxing, trying, concerning, complicated, complex, convoluted, intricate, vexed, dodgy etc.
convenient, easy, helpful, pleasant, smooth, straightforward, dull, solvable, unpointed, untroublesome, uncomplicated
Quotation:
Always grow flowers, as that will make your way full of flowers. Never grow thorns, as that will make your way thorny. Never want to target someone on an arrow. You may become the target of that arrow. Never make a well in the way of someone. As you may pass by that way sometime.
Rahman Baba
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