Definition of Thorny

Adjective: thorny (thornier,thorniest) thor-nee

Bristling with perplexities
"the thorny question of states' rights"
Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
"a horse with a short thorny mane";
- barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny