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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

thorny with annoyances or obstacles and challenges;

e.g. The spiny legal contract was a daunting read for an unread person such as herself.

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Similar Words

Angular

Catchy

Delicate

Difficult

Dodgy

Hairy

Knotty

Nasty

Problematic

Sensitive

Spiked

Stressful

Touchy

Tough

Tricky

Ultrasharp

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Opposite Words

Blunt

Dull

Easy

Effortless

Manageable

Obtuse

Straightforward

Uncomplicated

Undemanding

Unproblematic

User-friendly

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Related Words

Abrasive

Abstract

Abstruse

Aggravating

Annoying

Arduous

Argumentative

Backbreaking

Bothersome

Burdensome

Challenging

Complex

Complicated

Contentious

Controversial

Demanding

Difficult

Disputatious

Disturbing

Exacting

Exasperating

Formidable

Frustrating

Galling

Grueling

Hard

Hellacious

Herculean

Hot button

Importunate

Inconvenient

Intricate

Involved

Irksome

Irritating

Killer

Laborious

Maddening

Moiling

Murderous

Onerous

Oppressive

Painful

Peaked

Pesky

Pestiferous

Pestilent

Pestilential

Pointed

Pointy

Polemic

Recondite

Rigorous

Rough

Rugged

Scabrous

Serious

Severe

Sharp

Stiff

Strenuous

Stressful

Stubborn

Sweaty

Tall

Testing

Toilsome

Tough

Troublesome

Troublous

Uphill

Vexatious

Vexing

Worrisome

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