| NOUN | cognition | thorn, irritant | something that causes irritation and annoyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| plant | thorn, spine, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet | a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf | |
| communication | thorn | a Germanic character of runic origin |
| Sounds | thao'rn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acorn ... worn: 45 rhymes with aorn... | |
| Meaning | Something that causes irritation and annoyance. | |
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| Example | "he's a thorn in my flesh" | |
| Synonym | irritant | |
| Broader | annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass | Something or someone that causes trouble |
| Spanish | espina, irritación | |
| Catalan | espina, irritació, irritant | |
| Meaning | A small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | spine, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet | |
| Narrower | glochidium, glochid | A barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti) |
| Broader | aculeus | A stiff sharp-pointed plant process |
| Spanish | aguijón, espina | |
| Catalan | espina | |
| Adjectives | thorny | having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. |
| Meaning | A Germanic character of runic origin. | |
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| Broader | rune, runic letter | Any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages |
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