thorniness (n.)

  1. the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines

    [ Syn: prickliness , bristliness , spininess ]

  2. a rough and bitter manner

    [ Syn: bitterness , acrimony , acerbity , jaundice , tartness ]

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