adjective
- full of or covered with thistles
- resembling a thistle; prickly or spiny
Examples
- The abandoned field had become thistly and overgrown.
- We avoided the thistly patch while hiking through the meadow.
- The farmer cleared the thistly weeds from his pasture.
- Her arms were scratched from walking through the thistly undergrowth.
- The thistly plants made it difficult for the cattle to graze.
- The garden’s thistly corners needed immediate attention.