thorn
noun
verb (used with object)
Origin of thorn
Thorn
noun
Examples from the Web for thorn
Contemporary Examples of thorn
Thorn also posted a video on his personal YouTube page wherein he desk-dances to Taylor Swift.
Jimmy Kimmel Pranks Kids (Again), Taylor Swift’s 1989 Aerobics, and More Viral VideosThe Daily Beast Video
November 9, 2014
That freedom has been a thorn in the side of many cardinals who feel the sisters should be more conservative.
A tabletop bronze of a boy pulling a thorn from his foot, made around 1500 by the Renaissance sculptor known as Antico.
For more than 40 years now, Norwegian director Vibeke Løkkeberg has relished being a thorn in the side of authorities.
Senator Blanche Lincoln was a thorn in the Democrats' side during the health-care debate.
Historical Examples of thorn
The thorn of Anna's inefficiency had always rankled in her flesh.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
You, who have been hitherto the thorn in my path, the cloud in my fate!
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
There was something, too, about Paul's thorn in the flesh, but I forget that bit.
The Comrade In WhiteW. H. Leathem
This unlucky newspaper was a thorn in the side of every patriot of Carlow County.
The Gentleman From IndianaBooth Tarkington
For their covering a mantle is what they all wear, fastened with a clasp or, for want of it, with a thorn.
Tacitus on GermanyTacitus