thorniness
English Thesaurus
1. a rough and bitter manner (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | disagreeableness, |
| definition | : | an ill-tempered and offensive disposition (noun.attribute) |
2. the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | raggedness, roughness, |
| definition | : | a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven (noun.attribute) |
3. a rough and bitter manner (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | jaundice, |
| definition | : | distort adversely (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | acrimonious, bitter, |
| definition | : | marked by strong resentment or cynicism (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic, |
| definition | : | harsh or corrosive in tone (adj.all) |
4. the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny, |
| definition | : | having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. (adj.all) |
5. a rough and bitter manner (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | jaundice, |
| definition | : | distort adversely (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | acrimonious, bitter, |
| definition | : | marked by strong resentment or cynicism (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic, |
| definition | : | harsh or corrosive in tone (adj.all) |
6. the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny, |
| definition | : | having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. (adj.all) |
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