thorniness

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thorniness in WordNet English dictionary

noun

a rough and bitter manner
bitterness acrimony acerbity jaundice tartness thorniness
the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines
prickliness bristliness spininess thorniness

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thorniness in English Wiktionary

(noun) The property of being thorny (of having thorns or metaphorically being difficult).

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