thorn

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noun

1. something that causes irritation and annoyance (Freq. 1)
- he's a thorn in my flesh
• Syn:
irritant
• Derivationally related forms:
irritate (for: irritant)
• Hypernyms:
annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction,
pain in the neck, pain in the ass
2. a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
• Syn:
spine, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet
• Derivationally related forms:
stick (for: sticker), prick (for: pricker), prickly (for: prickle), thorny, spinous (for: spine)
• Hypernyms:
aculeus
• Hyponyms:
glochidium, glochid
3. a Germanic character of runic origin
• Hypernyms:
rune, runic letter

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  spine, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet, irritant