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thorniest

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. 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 bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers" [syn: ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (en-superlativethorny)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thorny \Thorn"y\, a. [Compar. Thornier ; superl. Thorniest .] Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown. Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing. ...

Usage examples of thorniest.

The logical reconciliation of Omnipotence, Omniscience, and Omnibenevolence is the thorniest problem in theology, one causing even Jesuits to break their teeth.

Cynically, she ticked off her advantages: she was telegenic, she’d cultivated a network of useful media contacts, and she’d learned the hard way to develop a cool, authoritative persona to deal with the most difficult of interviewers and the thorniest of questions.

I squirmed on my belly through the thorniest part of the blackberry canes, into the darkness beneath the oak's trunk, and then lay completely still.