spinous

Meaning

1. Having many spines.
2. Spine-like; spiny.
3. (obsolete) Of a person: difficult to deal with, prickly.
4. (rare) Of a subject: providing many difficulties, thorny.
5. Having a sharp projection.

Synonyms

spiny

prickly

thorny

spinose

acanthous

acanthoid

barbellate

briary

barbed

spikelike

briery

bristled

burred

spiniferous

thistly

Translations

espinoso

épineux

spinoso

espinós

ακανθώδης

gesträubt

entgratet

αγκαθωτός

βατώδης

pungente

spinosus

spineus

stekelig

espinós

Pronounced as (IPA)

/spaɪnəs/

Etymology

From spine + -ous, or borrowed from Latin spinōsus.