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A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.
Noun
something that causes irritation and annoyance; "he''s a thorn in my flesh"
Noun
a Germanic character of runic origin
Noun
a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
n.
A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem;
usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.
n.
Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any
species of the genus Crataegus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur
thorn.
n.
Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything
troublesome; trouble; care.
n.
The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It was
used to represent both of the sounds of English th, as in thin, then.
So called because it was the initial letter of thorn, a spine.
v. t.
To prick, as with a thorn.
Thorn
There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me.
The guilt of empire, all its thorns and cares, Be only mine.4.
Thorn
I am the only rose of all the stock That never thorn'd him.
A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.
To prick, as with a thorn.
Usage Examples
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.
In The Touch, the love scenes are the same as they were in The Thorn Birds or anything else I've ever written. I find a way of saying that either it was heaven or hell but in a way that still leaves room for the reader to use their own imagination.
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Other Usage ExamplesIn my mind the city of Ariel is a thorn in Israel's side and a serious obstacle to peace.
The Arab League tells us to go in and take out Qaddafi. We've spent billions of dollars already with respect to the Arab League. Billions of dollars, because they told us to do it. Why aren't they paying for it? They don't like Qaddafi, Qaddafi's been a terrible thorn in their side.
To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief.
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