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Synonyms for thorn
θɔrnthorn
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Princeton's WordNet
irritant, thornnoun
something that causes irritation and annoyance
"he's a thorn in my flesh"
Synonyms:
sticker, prickle, spine, pricker, spikelet, irritantspine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikeletnoun
a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
Synonyms:
irritant, sticker, spikelet, stumper, prickle, pricker, bradawl, paster, gummed label, spinal column, spur, back, poser, backbone, acantha, spine, toughie, rachis, dagger, vertebral columnthornnoun
a Germanic character of runic origin
Synonyms:
pricker, sticker, prickle, spine, spikelet, irritant
Editors Contribution
kaate
a pointed substance
Submitted by rinat on August 11, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
thornnoun
thornnoun
Synonyms:
annoyance, plague, nuisance, infliction, trouble, scourge, torment, bitter pill, curse, gall and wormwood
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Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Thorn":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#103 | back | |
#8323 | sticker | |
#9608 | spine | |
#14066 | backbone | |
#16720 | spur | |
#19271 | splinter | |
#21417 | dagger | |
#21418 | thorn | |
#21946 | poser | |
#40986 | spina | |
#44697 | irritant | |
#147890 | spikelet | |
#152450 | paster | |
#176421 | stumper | |
#181895 | rachis | |
#184250 | prickle | |
#236136 | toughie |
How to use thorn in a sentence?
For better or worse, Khan is likely to be a thorn in the government's side for much time to come.
I think China’s happy that Russia is such a thorn in our side. We take so much of our time and our energy and our resources to deal with Russia we have less to deal with China.
You know, I don't want to be the chick police, but I think that Carly will go far by broadening the attack to everything that's wrong with the liberal approach as opposed to being the thorn in Hillary Clinton's side, she runs the risk of having it look personal.
The petals of their lips don't have the thorn of bodies. (Les pétales de leur lèvres N'ont pas l'épine des corps)
Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer:
There are forces within Iran for which the policies of the country's president and foreign minister are a thorn in the eye, they may be trying, one way or another, to undermine or torpedo the nuclear deal and the normalization of relations between us and Iran. We are watching this closely.
Translations for thorn
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- doringAfrikaans
- أسلةArabic
- tikanAzerbaijani
- espina, eculi, aculi, agulló, fiblóCatalan, Valencian
- trn, ostenCzech
- draenenWelsh
- tornDanish
- DornGerman
- αγκάθιGreek
- dornoEsperanto
- thorn, espinaSpanish
- astelEstonian
- elorri, arantzaBasque
- خارPersian
- ota, piikki, thorn, oas, ora, piikkipensas, okaFinnish
- torn, tornurFaroese
- épine, thornFrench
- toarnWestern Frisian
- dealgIrish
- droigheann, dealg, stobScottish Gaelic
- שיתHebrew
- कांटा, काँटाHindi
- tüske, tövisHungarian
- փուշArmenian
- duriIndonesian
- spina, aculeoItalian
- 荊, 刺, 棘, 茨Japanese
- ეკალიGeorgian
- 가시, 손Korean
- drenCornish
- spīnaLatin
- rakisLithuanian
- ērkšķis, dzelonisLatvian
- ngitaMāori
- трн, торнMacedonian
- ဆူးBurmese
- tornNorwegian
- doornDutch
- tornNorwegian Nynorsk
- thornNorwegian
- espinaOccitan
- cierń, kolecPolish
- اغزیPashto, Pushto
- acúleo, espinhoPortuguese
- spina, spegnaRomansh
- ghimpe, spinRomanian
- колю́чка, шип, торнRussian
- spina, ispinaSardinian
- trnSerbo-Croatian
- tŕňSlovak
- ba, mwibaSwahili
- కంటకము, ముల్లుTelugu
- หนามThai
- dikenTurkish
- کانٹاUrdu
- gaiVietnamese
- דאָרןYiddish
- 刺Chinese
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