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thorniness

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thorn·y  (thôrn)
adj. thorn·i·er, thorn·i·est
1. Full of or covered with thorns.
2. Spiny.
3. Painfully controversial; vexatious: a thorny situation; thorny issues.
thorni·ly adv.
thorni·ness n.
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Noun1.thorniness - the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines
bristliness, prickliness, spininess
raggedness, roughness - a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
2.thorniness - a rough and bitter mannerthorniness - a rough and bitter manner            
acrimony, bitterness, jaundice, tartness, acerbity
disagreeableness - an ill-tempered and offensive disposition
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