NOUN | attribute | thorniness, prickliness, bristliness, spininess | the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines |
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attribute | thorniness, bitterness, acrimony, acerbity, jaundice, tartness | a rough and bitter manner |
Meaning | The quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines. | |
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Synonyms | prickliness, bristliness, spininess | |
Broader | roughness, raggedness | A texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven |
Adjectives | thorny | having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. |
Meaning | A rough and bitter manner. | |
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Synonyms | bitterness, acrimony, acerbity, jaundice, tartness | |
Broader | disagreeableness | An ill-tempered and offensive disposition |
Spanish | acrimonia, acritud | |
Catalan | acrimònia, acritud |
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