thorniness
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
thorniness: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordthorniness: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
thorniness: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
thorniness: valid Words With Friends Word