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17 entries under thorny topic. ×
| prickly(adjective, easy, pain, spiky) | |
| spiny(adjective, easy, pain, tricky, complicated) | |
| complicated(tricky, spiky, spiny) | |
| intricate(tricky, complicated, spiky, spiny) | |
| knotty(tough, tricky, complicated, problematic) | |
| ticklish(tough, tricky, complicated, problematic) | |
| involved(tricky, complicated, spiky, spiny) | |
| barbed(tricky, complicated, spiky, spiny) | |
| brambly(tricky, complicated, spiky, spiny) | |
| briery(tricky, complicated, spiky, spiny) | |
| bristly(tricky, complicated, spiky, spiny) | |
| echinated(tricky, complicated, spiky, spiny) | |
| pointed(tricky, complicated, spiky, spiny) | |
| sharp(tricky, complicated, spiky, spiny) | |
| spiky | |
| stimulating(tricky, complicated, spiky, spiny) | |
| tricky(tough, complicated, problematic, spiky) |
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