Thesaurus: thistly

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1. a. Overgrown with thistles; as, thistly ground.
2. a. Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking.
3. 1. Overgrown with thistles; as, thistly ground. 2. Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking. In such a world, so thorny, and where none Finds happiness unblighted, or, if found, Without some thistly sorrow at its side. Cowper.
4. a. Overgrown with thistles; as, thistly ground. a. Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking.