Word "THORN" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
something that causes irritation and annoyance
Synonyms:
irritant
Examples:
he's a thorn in my flesh

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a Germanic character of runic origin

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
Synonyms:
pricker, prickle, spikelet, spine, sticker

Crossword Clues for THORN

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Clue Source Date
Bougainvillea feature, often
Spiny plant The Telegraph Quick 04 Jul 2025
Rose's defence (5)
Sharp part of a plant
Rose part that pokes
"The ____ Birds"
Plant's sharp-pointed projection (5)
Point to God in heaven finally (5)
Most hornets have something prickly in their makeup
It could veer to the north, and it's certainly piercing (5)
Plant's defense against herbivores, perhaps New York Times Mini 25 May 2025
Rose barb LA Times Daily 24 May 2025
Coming from the north, it can be piercing (5)
Rose danger
Spike's old letter (5)
The trumpet leader's instrument could be a prickly thing to play with (5)
Sharp part of a flower stem (5) Puzzler 18 Apr 2025
Rose prickle The Sun Two Speed 14 Apr 2025
Old character is prickly sort The Sun Two Speed 14 Apr 2025
Brad ......All Blacks lock 2003-11 (5)
Rosebush prickle
Buck precedes it for plant of Rhamnus genus (5)
Naturally it has its point (5)
Rose part that is out to hurt you
Old character that could get under your skin and be a pain The Times Quick Cryptic 11 Mar 2025
Thunder-god going north: see the point? (5)
The ___-- Birds, 1983 TV miniseries starring Richard Chamberlain (5)
Rosebush protector New York Times Mini 16 Feb 2025
Coming from the north it's unpleasantly piercing (5)
Spiky part of a rose's stem (5)
Sharp-pointed projection on a plant (5)
Prickle Mirror Quick 16 Jan 2025
Move north a" that's sharp (5)
Move north? That's sharp (5) Mirror Cryptic 16 Jan 2025
Spike on a rose stem (5)
Garden-variety poker? New York Times 13 Dec 2024
Rose's "prickly" feature
Rosebush feature
Point at tenor instrument (5)
Prickle The Telegraph Quick 17 Nov 2024
Barb, spike
Warning device, after start of test, becomes an irritation (5)
Barb found around north (5)
The first talon is a barb (5)
Rose prickler
Prickly spine (5) Puzzler 24 Oct 2024
Coming from the north, it could be piercing (5)
Sharp point on a plant The Times Concise 10 Oct 2024
Avenger bearing spike (5)
Old English character's annoyance (5) The Guardian Cryptic 01 Oct 2024
Old English character's annoyance (5) The Guardian Cryptic 30 Sep 2024
Shrub protector
An Old English letter that had its point (5)
The first trumpet is a barb (5)
Rose makes this point (5)
Rose protector LA Times Mini 22 Sep 2024
Every Rose Has Its ___ (Poison song)
Point north perhaps
Spiny plant ripped trousers horribly at first
In one's side, it's an annoyance The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 02 Sep 2024
Sharp projection on plant
Hospital charging rent for character no longer employed The Times Cryptic 31 Aug 2024
Portland professional soccer player
Prickle on a rose (5)
Rosebush spike
Sharp stem protuberance (5)
Sticker on a stem? Universal 07 Aug 2024
Floral sticker
Plant barb (5) Puzzler 01 Aug 2024
Plant spike Mirror Tea Time 30 Jul 2024
Something that causes irritation and annoyance (5)
It's prickly turning north (5) Puzzler Cryptic 12 Jun 2024
Rose's outstanding feature The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 27 May 2024
Hazard on a vine TV 26 May 2024
Types of heath or native spiky plant (5)
Lacerated round back of rosebush - by this? The Times Cryptic 22 May 2024
Sharp spine or prickle on a plant (5)
It comes from the North, and has its point (5)
Point made by the Navy after hot tussle (5)
Flower sticker Wall Street Journal 08 May 2024
Spike on a plant (5)
North (anag.) (5) The Guardian Quick 25 Apr 2024
It's prickly turning north (5) Puzzler Cryptic 22 Apr 2024
Rose's sharp part Newsday 15 Apr 2024
Plant spine Old English writer used (5)
Rose prickle The Times Concise 08 Apr 2024
Rose protector Newsday 07 Apr 2024
A prickle from the north (5)
Brad ..... , rugby union lock whose New Zealand Test debut was in 2003 against Wales (5)
Point on a stem Universal 04 Apr 2024
Rose spike
Rose part that pokes
Rose part that is out to hurt you
Damaged on top of head by prickle (5)
Sharp plant protuberance (5)
Old letter was intended to protect Rose (5)
First toot on horn is a prickle in my side (5)
Barb in a bush
Sharp projection on a rose (5)
Spiky plant part (5)
It's hard to handle and it's found in the North (5)
Prickle removed from wreath or nosegay (5)
Pricker on a rosebush
Rose's prickle (5)
God, no point (5)
Sharp prickle on a stem (5)
Brad -, New Zealand lock; 2011 Rugby World Cup Final winner Mirror Quiz 22 Jan 2024
Moving north - that is sharp (5)
Part of a rose bush's defense system
'The ------ ', 1977 novel by Colleen McCullough featuring the character Father Ralph de Bricassart (5,5)
Rosebush sticker Premier Sunday 17 Dec 2023
Choice between fricative and nasal character of old (5)
Spike in Falmouth or Newquay The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Nov 2023
Spike in Falmouth or Newquay (5)
Spike The Guardian Quick 17 Nov 2023
Something prickly ripped clothing horrendously at first The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Nov 2023
Prickly rose part
Prickle The Telegraph Quick 13 Oct 2023
Spike Milligan finally overcome by God The Times Cryptic 04 Sep 2023
Barb in a rosebush USA Today 27 Aug 2023
Barb in a bush Thomas Joseph 26 Jul 2023
Prickly plant originally trapping antler, perhaps The Times Cryptic 03 Jul 2023
Rose pricker? The Telegraph Quick 02 Jul 2023
Prickle, spike The Telegraph Quick 14 Jun 2023
Sticker LA Times Daily 26 May 2023
Rose protector Eugene Sheffer 16 May 2023
Ripped when pierced by hard prickle The Times Cryptic 28 Apr 2023
There's no rose without a ___ Universal 16 Apr 2023
Protector of a rosebush Family Time 26 Mar 2023
Sharp part of a rose
Prickly plant part USA Today 13 Nov 2022
Irritant The Guardian Quick 12 Nov 2022
Rose barb USA Today 31 Oct 2022
Rose protector Eugene Sheffer 04 Oct 2022
Barb The Times Concise 02 Oct 2022
Side issue? LA Times Daily 17 Aug 2022
Prickle The Telegraph Quick 13 Aug 2022
Plant spike The Times Concise 27 Jun 2022
Rose stem feature
Sharp point on a rose Newsday 13 Jun 2022
Rosebush hazard Universal 09 May 2022
Old Norse character finds god at bottom of mountain
Sharp spike on a plant Irish Times Simplex 02 May 2022
Barb in a bush
Rosebush hazard Newsday 16 Feb 2022
Bush barb Wall Street Journal 15 Jan 2022
Character no longer granted a service The Times Cryptic 22 Dec 2021
Sharp spike on a plant Irish Times Simplex 01 Dec 2021
Rose's impediment?
Potential pain in side of mouth or nose
Prickly tree The Times Concise 20 Oct 2021
Thunderer has a point – as does this
Cactus protector Newsday 01 Aug 2021
Sharp spike on a plant Irish Times Simplex 22 Jul 2021
Berry bush feature, often Wall Street Journal 19 Jun 2021
Spike gets medal from motherland Irish Times Crosaire 17 Jun 2021
Old character featuring in multi-author narrative
Abigail of Philosophy Tube USA Today 18 May 2021
Those initially heard coming from the car protecting Rose Irish Times Crosaire 11 May 2021
Old character in two minds about hospital The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Apr 2021
Sharp point of a rose Newsday 05 Apr 2021
Prickle The Telegraph Quick 28 Mar 2021
Rose prickle The Sun Two Speed 22 Mar 2021
Old character is prickly sort The Sun Two Speed 22 Mar 2021
Source of tinny hooter that's a cause of irritation The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Mar 2021
God needing name for Germanic character
Cause of sticker shock at the florist? The Washington Post 21 Feb 2021
Cause of sticker shock at the florist? LA Times Daily 21 Feb 2021
Rose prickle The Telegraph Quick 12 Feb 2021
'Every Rose Has Its ___' USA Today 10 Feb 2021
Old character split when outside hospital
Old character is prickly sort
Commonly however, Navy shows spine The Telegraph Cryptic 12 Nov 2020
Introduction of hike in rent is an irritation
Spike Norse god's nectar at first
Spine damaged, put in hospital
Rose's sharp part
Spike in rent around end of month
Rose pricker?
Spike in north roaming The Sun Two Speed 21 Sep 2020
. In two minds about Henry, a prickly customer
Metaphorical source of irritation New York Times 08 Aug 2020
61 Across feature The Washington Post Sunday 02 Aug 2020
Bougainvillea feature Wall Street Journal 18 Jul 2020
Side issue? LA Times Daily 13 Jun 2020
Side issue? The Washington Post 13 Jun 2020
Sticker LA Times Daily 30 Apr 2020
Sticker The Washington Post 30 Apr 2020
Square instrument making a sharp point
  Undecided about husband being a source of irritation
Old character — one's a bit prickly
Garden hazard in unruly north The Sun Two Speed 30 Oct 2019
Sharp point on a rose Newsday 29 Oct 2019
Part of an acacia tree New York Times 20 Oct 2019
Part of an acacia tree
Sticker on a stem The Washington Post Sunday 06 Oct 2019
Source of sticker shock? The Washington Post 15 Sep 2019
Source of sticker shock? LA Times Daily 15 Sep 2019
'This __ / Doth to our rose of youth rightly belong' (Shakespeare) The Washington Post 12 Sep 2019
"This __ / Doth to our rose of youth rightly belong" (Shakespeare) LA Times Daily 12 Sep 2019
Sharp spike on a plant Irish Times Simplex 06 Aug 2019
Cause of irritation in mouth or nose
Androcles' extraction USA Today 23 Jul 2019
One of many in Jesus' crown New York Times 11 Jul 2019
Unsure about husband's old letter
Hard punches ruptured spine
Spike Milligan finally supports God
Prickly type one associates with ros? from summit on The Cape Irish Times Crosaire 19 Mar 2019
Literary doctor's unfinished letter The Telegraph Toughie 21 Feb 2019
Name assigned to god is a problematic point
Spike Milligan ultimately following God
Prickle, however, with service
One of many in Jesus' crown
Source of sticker shock?
"This __ / Doth to our rose of youth rightly belong" (Shakespeare)
Sticker
Androcles' extraction
Split houses, hospital — it could prick
Metaphorical irritant Newsday 06 Dec 2018
Pricker in a garden Universal 17 Aug 2018
Source of pain for a lion, per Aesop New York Times 27 Jun 2018
Prick not big in Brighton — unusual!
Old character, thunderous one given short name 4 Troublemaker and supporters being upset a bit
Old character beginning to tune musical instrument The Telegraph Cryptic 12 Jun 2018
Protective protuberance Wall Street Journal 31 May 2018
Sharp-pointed tip on a stem Irish Times Simplex 08 May 2018
Honey locust feature Wall Street Journal 10 Feb 2018
Plant's sticker LA Times Daily 29 Jan 2018
Plant's sticker The Washington Post 29 Jan 2018
Ultimately flat, instrument that's sharp
Roth novel with new spine The Telegraph Cryptic 09 Jan 2018
North ruined plant's protection The Sun Two Speed 05 Jan 2018
Barb of a rose The Sun Two Speed 05 Jan 2018
Hospital injection needed in wrenched spine
Protective protuberance
Source of pain for a lion, per Aesop
Pricker in a garden
Plant's sticker
Bush barb Premier Sunday 24 Dec 2017
Time on instrument is a source of irritation
Prickly shrub obtainable from heath or nursery
Start of hike in rent – it can be painful
Basically, tooting bell causes irritation!
Rose protector Universal 11 Oct 2017
High rent all around, it pricks
Close to blunt instrument, something sharp The Telegraph Toughie 26 Sep 2017
Hiker's annoyance Newsday 15 Sep 2017
Initially take heed observing really nasty plant
Part of a locust tree New York Times 20 Aug 2017
Tree thriving initially on S American cape
Bramble feature USA Today 24 Jul 2017
Spike‘s t-trumpet
Rose's sticker Universal 26 Jun 2017
Prickly old letter
Deity with short name, an old character The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Apr 2017
Point of name given to Norse deity The Times Cryptic 03 Apr 2017
Projection? Hard to cut rent
Running north with Spike Irish Times Crosaire 03 Mar 2017
Projection? Hard to cut rent
Irritant in one's side, so to speak USA Today 21 Jan 2017
Prickle on a plant Irish Times Simplex 14 Jan 2017
Part of a locust tree
Side issue?
Rose's sticker
Rose protector
Bramble feature
Irritant "in your side" LA Times Daily 27 Dec 2016
Prickle LA Times Daily 30 Oct 2016
Androcles extraction Newsday 30 Oct 2016
Gashed gripping hard point The Telegraph Cryptic 13 Oct 2016
Rose protector Eugene Sheffer 09 Sep 2016
Rosebush sticker Newsday 30 Aug 2016
Spine damaged by stretching, needing input from hospital
Spine damaged by stretching, needing input from hospital The Times Cryptic 26 Aug 2016
Rose has this ripped clothing Henry!
Thistle thingy The Washington Post 21 Jul 2016
The point of growing roses
Spine The Guardian Speedy 26 Jun 2016
Old character dithering outside hospital
Old character dithering outside hospital The Times Cryptic 19 Apr 2016
Rose has it — beginning to trumpet
Something prickly in old snooker star, we hear
Stormy north tip of R
Primrose protector Jonesin 16 Feb 2016
Projection torn apart by hothead
Irritant "in your side"
Rose's sharp part Newsday 22 Dec 2015
Letter written long ago with quill?
Rosebush projection Universal 30 Oct 2015
Barb in a bush New York Times 13 Oct 2015
Letter carrying God's name
Androcles pulled one from the lion's foot Wall Street Journal 12 Oct 2015
Old letter, however near, sent back The Times Cryptic 11 Sep 2015
Rose protection Universal 21 Jun 2015
Side problem? LA Times Daily 14 Jun 2015
Rose's protection New York Times 13 Jan 2015
Fabled extraction LA Times Daily 11 Jan 2015
Spiny bush The Times Concise 05 Jan 2015
Rose protection
Rose protector
Rose's sharp part
Androcles pulled one from the lion's foot
Rosebush projection
Side problem?
Fabled extraction
Rose's protection
Barb in a bush
Rose hazard
Rose sticker
Pared bit at the florist
Ye began with this source of annoyance
Sticker
Rose protector
Poison "Every Rose Has Its ___"
Irritant in one's side?
Rose protection
Black Crowes "___ in My Pride"
Undecided over Henry's source of discomfort
Briar sticker
Botanical barb
Sticking point
Irritant in one's side
Rosebush sticker
Cause of side discomfort?
Sticking point
God facing new source of irritation
Rose's protector
Androcles pulled one from a lion's foot
Runic letter for "th"
Briar part
Protruding protector
Rose feature
Rose's attribute
Irritant in one's side?
Cactus protector
Bramble feature
Cause of sticker shock?
Rose feature
Sticking point
Rose's protector
Nettlesome issue
Cactus protector
Side problem?
Androcles' extraction
Irritant "in your side"
Sticker
Plant protector
Locust tree feature
Pain in one's side
Rose feature
Rose stem sticker
Rose hazard
Rose feature
Point on an infamous crown
Androcles's extraction
Garden sticker
Feature of an acacia tree
Protective protrusion
Rose's protection
Rosebush projection
Cause of a sore spot
Rose hazard
Rose pricker
Cause of some sticker shock?
Cause of some sticker shock?
Metaphorical cause of discomfort
Garden hazard
Annoyance, so to speak
Prickle
Brier feature
Metaphorical cause of discomfort
Cause of pain in the side?
McCullough's "The ___ Birds"
Androcles' extraction
Rose sticker
Sticker
Rose hazard
Paw woe for Androcles' lion
Prickly irritant
Bush defense?
Rose grower's problem
Major irritant
Sticking point
Androcles removed one
Branch sticker
Runic letter for th
Branch sticker
McCullough's "The _____ Birds"
Brier feature
Pricker
Rose protection
Garden sticker
Pricker
Androcles' extraction
Irritant in one's side
Stem sticker
Rose feature
Prickle
Prickler
Character no longer granted a service
Plant protector
Cause of side discomfort?
Annoyance
53 Eth alternative
Bush protector
Cause of irritation
Bugbear
It's in one's flesh, maybe
Sticker
Garden hazard
Rose's attribute
Brier feature
Rose feature
Point on a New Testament crown
Considerable irritant
Nettlesome issue
Rose's protection
Pain in the side
Prickly item
Brier point
Protector of 56-Down
Rose protector
Annoyance
Rose protector
Prickly subject?
Rose's annoying companion
Rose's protector?
Point on a prickly plant
Prickle
Spine
Brier part
McCullough's "The ___ Birds"
Spinose structure
It lurks sub rosa
Rose's seamier side
Side nuisance
Rose's seamy side
Spinosity
This rose with the rose
Irritant
Rose's guardian
Rose's threat
Rose's drawback
Daniel's extraction
Irritant, figuratively.
City on the Vistula: Ger. sp.
Cause of annoyance.
Spike.
Prickly shrub.
"The snail's on the ___ . . . "
Brier.
Something that annoys.
Part of a rose.
Cactus spine.
Attribute of the briary bush.
Source of distress.
Pricker
Anything annoying.
Prickle.
Major irritant
Sticker in the garden
Spine.
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