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1. (adj) thorny
bristling with perplexities
Synonyms: bristly, barbellate, bristled, barbed, briery, spiny, setaceous, prickly, briary, burred, setose, burry
Antonyms: unarmed, easy

2. (adj) barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
Synonyms: briary, nipping, prickly, barbed, setose, waspish, mordacious, pungent, burred, spinous, bristly, barbellate, setaceous, briery, thorny, burry, biting, splenetic, spiny, bristled
Antonyms: easy, unarmed

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