thorny Synonyms

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