thorniness

thorniness
noun
1. a rough and bitter manner
Syn: ↑bitterness, ↑acrimony, ↑acerbity, ↑jaundice, ↑tartness
Derivationally related forms: ↑tart (for: ↑tartness), ↑jaundice (for: ↑jaundice), ↑acerbic (for: ↑acerbity), ↑acerbate (for: ↑acerbity), ↑acrimonious (for: ↑acrimony), ↑bitter (for: ↑bitterness)
Hypernyms: ↑disagreeableness
2. the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines
Syn: ↑prickliness, ↑bristliness, ↑spininess
Derivationally related forms: ↑thorny, ↑spiny (for: ↑spininess), ↑bristly (for: ↑bristliness), ↑prickly (for: ↑prickliness)
Hypernyms: ↑roughness, ↑raggedness

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