thorned

English

Verb

thorned

1. simple past and past participle of thorn

Adjective

thorned (comparative more thorned, superlative most thorned)

1. Containing thorns.

   Synonym: thorny

   Antonyms: thornless; spineless

   Coordinate term: barbed

   Near-synonym: spined

   • 1914, John Symonds, Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete‎^[1]:

     A prickly bindweed (the Smilax Sarsaparilla) forms a feature in the near landscape, with its creamy odoriferous blossoms, coral berries, and glossy thorned leaves.

   • 1863, Various, The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863‎^[2]:

     In these we always find that the thorned holly is spoken of as male, and the Ivy as female.

   • 1990 January 19, James Krohe Jr., “Green Streets”, in Chicago Reader‎^[3]:

     In its native form the branches of the honey locust are thorned and bear seed pods up to a foot long.

Anagrams

• droneth, northed, throned