A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.
Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Crataegus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.
Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.
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.
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. James Russell Lowell
There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills. Buddha
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. Donald Trump
The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together. Saadi
The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses. Ovid
thorn in Danish is torn
thorn in Dutch is doorn
thorn in Finnish is piikki
thorn in German is Dorns, Dorn, Dorn
thorn in Italian is spina
thorn in Portuguese is espinho
thorn in Spanish is espina
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