Thorn Synonyms

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prickle
A small hard pointed outgrowth of the epidermis of a plant, in contrast to a modified plant organ such as a spine or thorn.
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briar
(Figuratively) Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
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prick
The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object. [from 13th c.]
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infliction
The act or process of imposing or meting out something unpleasant.
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pain
(Informal) A source of annoyance; a nuisance:
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needle
Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
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irritation
(Physiology) The elicitation of a response to a stimulus in a plant or animal organ or tissue, especially in a nerve or muscle.
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plague
A highly infectious, usually fatal, epidemic disease; a pestilence.
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spike
The definition of a spike is a piece of something that is thick and long with a pointed and sharp end, usually made of metal.
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splint
(Medicine) A device to immobilize a body part.
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sticker
A thorn, prickle, or barb.
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nettle
A herb of the genus Urtica, which is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
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spur
A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.
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irritant
A source of irritation.
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brier
Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera.
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barb
The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
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thistle
Any of numerous often weedy plants of several genera of the composite family, including Cirsium, Carduus, and Onopordum, having prickly leaves and floral bracts.
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trial
An instance of such testing, especially as part of a series of tests or experiments:
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annoyance
A thing or person that annoys
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discomfort
Something that disturbs one's comfort; an annoyance.
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torment
Great pain or anguish, physical or mental; suffering; agony
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trouble
A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
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vexation
Vexation is something that causes you to be annoyed or distressed.
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pricker
A prickle or thorn.
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spikelet
A small spike; esp., an individual unit of a flower cluster of a grass
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Words Related to Thorn

spine
(Botany) A strong, sharp-pointed outgrowth derived from a leaf or leaf part.
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point
Lace worked by the needle.
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thicket
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bough
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sharp
(Slang) Any sharp medical device, as a hypodermic needle
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bramble
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vine
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  • He'd been a thorn in her side ever since.

  • Large areas of the plateau are covered with grass and occasional thorn trees.

  • The remainder of the day, so far as family life is concerned, is spent in the serdab, a cellar sunk somewhat below the level of the courtyard, damp from frequent wettings, with its half windows covered with hurdles thatched with camel thorn and kept dripping with water.

  • The wedding was celebrated at Torgau on the 14th of October 1711, in the house of the queen of Poland, and three weeks later the bridegroom was hurried away by his father to Thorn to superintend the provisioning of the Russian troops in Poland.

  • A small thorn bush grows out of the base of a wide crack.

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