thorniness
Meanings
Plural: thorninesses
Noun
- the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines
- a rough and bitter manner
- The property of being thorny (of having thorns or metaphorically being difficult).
Origin / Etymology
From thorny + -ness.
Synonyms
acerbity, acrimony, bitterness, bristliness, jaundice, prickliness, spininess, tartness
Scrabble Score: 13
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Words With Friends Score: 14
thorniness is a valid Words With Friends word