Thorniness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines

a rough and bitter manner

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/θˈɔːɹninəs/

🇬🇧British English

/θˈɔːninəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/θˈɔːninəs/

3 syllables Say it as /θˈɔːɹninəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

spininess prickliness acrimony bristliness bitterness jaundice tartness acerbity

Word Forms

prickly	adjective	having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
bristly	adjective	having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
spiny	adjective	having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
thorny	adjective	having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
bitter	adjective	harsh or corrosive in tone
acrimonious	adjective	marked by strong resentment or cynicism
acerbic	adjective	harsh or corrosive in tone
acerbate	verb	cause to be bitter or resentful
jaundice	verb	distort adversely
tart	adjective	harsh

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Dornigkeit

die Eigenschaft, mit stacheligen Dornen oder Stacheln bedeckt zu sein

🇫🇷French

épineux

la qualité d'être couvert d'épines ou d'épines épineuses

🇪🇸Spanish

espinoso

la cualidad de estar cubierto de espinas o espinas espinosas

🇮🇹Italian

spinosità

la qualità di essere ricoperto di spine o aculei pungenti

🇳🇱Dutch

neteligheid

de kwaliteit van bedekt zijn met stekelige doornen of stekels

🇵🇹Portuguese

espinhoso

qualidade de estar coberto de espinhos ou espinhos espinhosos

🇷🇺Russian

тернистость

ощущение покрытости колючими шипами или шипами

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कंटीलापन

कांटेदार काँटों या काँटों से आच्छादित होने का गुण

🇧🇩Bengali

কাঁটা

কাঁটাযুক্ত কাঁটা বা কাঁটা দিয়ে আচ্ছাদিত হওয়ার গুণমান

🇮🇳Tamil

முட்கள்

முட்கள் நிறைந்த முட்கள் அல்லது முதுகெலும்புகளால் மூடப்பட்டிருக்கும் தரம்

🇮🇳Telugu

ముళ్ళు

ముళ్ళ ముళ్ళు లేదా వెన్నుముకలతో కప్పబడిన నాణ్యత

🇮🇳Marathi

काटेरीपणा

काटेरी काटेरी किंवा मणक्याने झाकलेली गुणवत्ता

🇮🇳Gujarati

કાંટા

કાંટાદાર કાંટા અથવા સ્પાઇન્સથી ઢંકાયેલી હોવાની ગુણવત્તા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮುಳ್ಳುತನ

ಮುಳ್ಳು ಮುಳ್ಳುಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ಮುಳ್ಳುಗಳಿಂದ ಮುಚ್ಚಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മുള്ളുകൾ

മുള്ളുകളോ മുള്ളുകളോ കൊണ്ട് പൊതിഞ്ഞ ഗുണനിലവാരം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕੰਡਿਆਲੀਤਾ

ਕੰਟੇਦਾਰ ਕੰਡਿਆਂ ਜਾਂ ਰੀੜ੍ਹਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਢੱਕੇ ਹੋਣ ਦੀ ਗੁਣਵੱਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

کانٹے دار پن

کانٹے دار کانٹوں یا ریڑھ کی ہڈیوں سے ڈھکے جانے کا معیار

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

荆棘

被带刺或刺覆盖的品质

🇯🇵Japanese

トゲトゲ

とげのあるとげや棘で覆われている性質

🇰🇷Korean

가시

가시나 가시로 덮여 있는 성질

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự gai góc

chất lượng của việc được bao phủ bởi gai hoặc gai

🇹🇭Thai

ความหนาม

คุณภาพของการถูกหนามหรือหนามปกคลุมอยู่

🇮🇩Indonesian

duri

kualitas ditutupi duri atau duri berduri

🇵🇭Filipino

tinik

ang kalidad ng pagiging natatakpan ng mga matinik na tinik o mga tinik

🇲🇾Malay

duri

kualiti ditutup dengan duri atau duri yang berduri

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الشائكة

جودة تغطيتها بالأشواك الشائكة أو الأشواك

🇮🇷Persian

خار بودن

کیفیت پوشیده شدن با خار یا خارهای خاردار

🇹🇷Turkish

dikenlilik

dikenli dikenler veya dikenlerle kaplı olmanın kalitesi

🇮🇱Hebrew

קוצניות

האיכות של להיות מכוסה בקוצים או קוצים עוקצניים

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The primary meaning of 'thorniness' is 'the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines'.

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