- 1. a. Overgrown with thistles; as, thistly ground. Source: opted
- 2. a. Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking. Source: opted
- 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. Source: webster
- 4. a. Overgrown with thistles; as, thistly ground. a. Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking. Source: ecdict
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