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THORNINESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does thorniness mean?

• THORNINESS (noun)
The noun THORNINESS has 2 senses:

1. the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines
2. a rough and bitter manner

Familiarity information: THORNINESS used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• THORNINESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

bristliness; prickliness; spininess; thorniness

Hypernyms ("thorniness" is a kind of...):

raggedness; roughness (a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A rough and bitter manner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

acrimony; thorniness; bitterness; jaundice; acerbity; tartness

Hypernyms ("thorniness" is a kind of...):

disagreeableness (an ill-tempered and offensive disposition)

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