Thorn

/θoɹn/

Synonyms for "thorn" (112 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Adjective(1 words)
acanthoid
adherentadhesiveafflictionannoyancebanebarbbarnaclebete noirebitter cupbitter draftbitter draughtbitter pillbotherbramble

Strong matches (33)

Related words (56)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

15 entries
aculeusannoyancebotanical termbotherbotherationfigurative expressionidiominflictionnuisancepainpain in the asspain in the neckplant partrunerunic letter

More specific

5 entries
blackberry thornhawthorn thornrose thornthorn in the fleshthorn in the side

Collocations

6 entries
rose thornsharp thornthorn bushthorn hedgethorn stemthorny plant

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Translations

184 translations across 126 languages.

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Abaza

1 entries
  • мгъы noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Afar

1 entries
  • keena noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • doring noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Albanian

2 entries
  • ferrë noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • thumb noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἄκανθα noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أَسَلَة noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • شوك noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • شوكة noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • شَوْكَة noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Archi

1 entries
  • цац noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Armenian

1 entries
  • փուշ noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • schin noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Assamese

2 entries
  • কঁটা noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • কাঁইট noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Avar

1 entries
  • заз noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Aymara

1 entries
  • ch'aphi noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • tikan noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Bangi

1 entries
  • losende noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Basque

2 entries
  • arantza noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • elorri noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • tunok noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • бодил noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • трън noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဆူး noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Catalan

4 entries
  • aculi noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • agulló noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • eculi noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • espina noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • tunok noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • دِڕوو noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Central Melanau

1 entries
  • duwei noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • kajpayi noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 刺 noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • 枝刺 noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • 莖刺 /茎刺 noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Cornish

1 entries
  • dren noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Czech

2 entries
  • osten noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • trn noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Dalmatian

1 entries
  • spaina noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Danish

1 entries
  • torn noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Dutch

1 entries
  • doorn noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • s-r:*t-M44 noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • dorno noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Estonian

3 entries
  • astel noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • oga noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • okas noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Faroese

2 entries
  • torn noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • tornur noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Finnish

4 entries
  • oas noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • oka noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • ora noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • ota noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

French

1 entries
  • épine noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Friulian

2 entries
  • spin noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • spine noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Galician

4 entries
  • espiña noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • espunlla noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • puga noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • sevia noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ეკალი noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

German

1 entries
  • Dorn noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Greek

1 entries
  • αγκάθι noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • kākala noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • קֹוץ noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • שַׁיִת noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Higaonon

1 entries
  • dugi noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Hiligaynon

1 entries
  • tunok noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Hindi

1 entries
  • काँटा noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • tövis noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • tüske noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • duri noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Irish

1 entries
  • dealg noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Italian

2 entries
  • aculeo noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • spina noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 刺 noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • 棘 noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • 茨 noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • 荊 noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Jarai

1 entries
  • drơi noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Javanese

1 entries
  • ꦲꦼꦫꦶ noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Kamkata-vari

1 entries
  • taňí noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Kapampangan

2 entries
  • duwi noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • duyi noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Khmer

1 entries
  • បន្លា noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • mũigua noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Korean

1 entries
  • 가시 noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Laki

1 entries
  • دِڕک noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Lao

1 entries
  • ໜາມ noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • ierškiezs noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Latin

1 entries
  • spīna noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Latvian

2 entries
  • dzelonis noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • ērkšķis noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Lezgi

1 entries
  • цаз noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Lingala

1 entries
  • losende noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • rakis noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Low German

1 entries
  • Doorn noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Luhya

1 entries
  • kumwiva noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • трн noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Malay

1 entries
  • duri noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Manchu

2 entries
  • ᠪᡠᠯᠠ noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • ᠰᠠᡳᡥᡡᠸᠠ noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Maranao

1 entries
  • tenek noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Marathi

2 entries
  • कंटक noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • काटा noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Mon

1 entries
  • ဓလ noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Māori

2 entries
  • ngita noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • tara noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • shiɓa noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

North Frisian

1 entries
  • Tuurn noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • dirrî noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • strî noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Northern Thai

1 entries
  • ᩉ᩠ᨶᩣ᩠ᨾ noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • torn noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • torn noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Occitan

1 entries
  • espina noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Old English

1 entries
  • þorn noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Old Javanese

2 entries
  • duri noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • rwi noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • دیكن noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Paiwan

1 entries
  • djui noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Pashto

1 entries
  • اغزی noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Persian

2 entries
  • خار noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • غاژ noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Polabian

1 entries
  • dren noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Polish

2 entries
  • cierń noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • kolec noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • acúleo noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • espinho noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Quechua

3 entries
  • kaşa noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • kichka noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • t'uksi noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Romanian

2 entries
  • ghimpe noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • spin noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Romansch

2 entries
  • spegna noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • spina noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Russian

2 entries
  • колю́чка noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • шип noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Saho

1 entries
  • keena noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Samoan

1 entries
  • tala noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • कण्टक noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Sardinian

2 entries
  • ispina noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • spina noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • dealg noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • droigheann noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • stob noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • trn noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Slovak

3 entries
  • osteň noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • pichliač noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • tŕň noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Somali

1 entries
  • qodax noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Southern Kurdish

1 entries
  • دِڕِگ noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Spanish

4 entries
  • aguate / ahuate / afate / guate noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • ajuate / uguate / huate noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • espina noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • pincha noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • rucuk noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mwiba noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Swedish

2 entries
  • torn noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • törne noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • tinik noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Tahitian

1 entries
  • tara noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Tausug

1 entries
  • tunuk noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Telugu

2 entries
  • కంటకము noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)
  • ముల్లు noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Thai

1 entries
  • หนาม noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Tongan

1 entries
  • tala noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Turkish

1 entries
  • diken noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • колю́чка noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Urdu

1 entries
  • کانٹا noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • tikon noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • gai noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Welsh

1 entries
  • draenen noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • toarne noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Western Bukidnon Manobo

1 entries
  • duɣi noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • דאָרן noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Zande

1 entries
  • kiwe noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • oen noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Zyphe

1 entries
  • hling noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

ǃXóõ

1 entries
  • gǃqhàẽ noun (sharp protective structure of a plant)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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Every rose has its thorn.

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Like a thorn stuck in your throat.

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Just as a thorn stuck in one's throat.

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There's a thorn in my finger and I can't get it out.

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