thorny

Senso (Inglese)

1. (literally) Having thorns or spines.
2. (figuratively) Troublesome or vexatious.
3. (figuratively) Aloof and irritable.

Concetti

spinoso

spino

irto di spine

coperto di spine

prunoso

sinonimi

prickly

spiny

spiky

barbed

briery

bristled

thistly

sharp

spinous

bristly

burred

barbellate

briary

stinging

difficult

vexed

spinose

hard

setaceous

troublesome

setose

spiked

burry

full of thorns

bothersome

bristling

complicated

embarrassing

harsh

intricate

irritating

knotty

plaguey

plaguy

pointy

scabrous

snappy

troubling

uncomfortable

untoward

upsetting

vexatious

yam

spined

awkward

Traduzioni

espinoso

dornig

épineux

stachelig

espinhoso

pinchudo

αγκαθωτός

αγκαθερός

scrupulosa

ακανθώδης

شائك

شَائِك

espinudo

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈθɔːni/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: thorny

Ereditato da inglese antico: þorniġ

In summary

From Middle English thorny, þorny, þorni, from Old English þorniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *þornag. By surface analysis, thorn + -y.