Open English Wordnet
Adjectives
(s)thornybristling with perplexities“the thorny question of states' rights” (s)barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thornyhaving or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.“a horse with a short bristly mane”,
“bristly shrubs”,
“burred fruits”,
“setaceous whiskers”