Rahman Baba

Always grow flowers, as that will make your way full of flowers. Never grow thorns, as that will make your way thorny. Never want to target someone on an arrow. You may become the target of that arrow. Never make a well in the way of someone. As you may pass by that way sometime.

Poet

Paul Engle

For my Oxford degree, I had to translate French and German philosophy (as it turned out, Descartes and Kant) at sight without a dictionary. That meant Germany for my first summer vacation, to learn the thorny language on my own.

American Poet

Katie Lee

Devising the menu for an intimate meal can be a thorny task. You want to make something your guy will go crazy for, but that usually means big and heavy. And feeling overly full kind of kills the mood.

American Chef

Scott Weiss

The thorniest business problems will surface at the board meetings, and the different, sharp opinions help to better explore the poles of the arguments to make better decisions.

American Businessman

Mike Simpson

For a variety of reasons, I believe, the time is right to resolve many of the long standing and thorny land use, recreation, and wilderness designation issues in Central Idaho.

American Politician

Richard Thaler

One of society's thorniest problems is that children from poor families start school lagging badly behind their more affluent classmates in readiness.

American Economist

Amanda Plummer

I like devilish, thorny, dirty, mean roles, muck and mire, unbelievably sad, unbelievably happy, burdened. Inner conflict - that's where drama is.

Canadian Actress

Hope Jahren

In New England, the pin oak thrives, its leaves tipping to a thorny point in a good-natured impression of its evergreen neighbor, the holly bush.

American Scientist

Theodore Dreiser

I believe in the compelling power of love. I do not understand it. I believe it to be the most fragrant blossom of all this thorny existence.

American Novelist

Lewis Gordon Pugh

Climate change is the Everest of all problems, the thorniest challenge facing humankind.

British Environmentalist

Directly refers to physical objects with sharp, pointy extensions.

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Helps create a clear picture or warn of physical pain when touching.

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Sometimes used metaphorically to describe situations requiring careful handling.

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Used to express that an issue or subject is filled with difficulties or complexities.

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Indicates topics that might lead to argument or discomfort in discussions.

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Often associated with topics that trigger strong emotional responses or debates.

Emotional Responses

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Thorny

Covered with thorns, sharp points that stick out.

Something difficult or complicated.

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