thorny Synonyms

bristled burred bristly prickly briery setaceous setose barbed spiny spiciform spicose shaggy spicular spiculate spiked spicate setigerous severe pricky problematic pronged rough rugged scrubby sensitive invious setiferous spiky spined tough tricky troublesome trying wasp acanthoid backbreaking briary nettlesome touchy toilsome spinose spinous spinulose stickleback sticky stressful taxing thistly ticklish spikelike