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thorniness

thorniness noun: the property of being thorny (of having thorns or metaphorically being difficult).

Noun

thorniness (usually uncountable, plural thorninesses)

  1. (usually) The property of being thorny (of having thorns or metaphorically being difficult).

thorniness meaning in Tamil

thorniness in Tamil

முள்ளுடைமை

Forms of thorniness

pluralthorninesses

Origin of thorniness

From thorny + -ness.

Questions about thorniness

What does thorniness mean?
Thorniness means the property of being thorny (of having thorns or metaphorically being difficult).
What is thorniness in Tamil?
Thorniness in Tamil is முள்ளுடைமை. See Thorniness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is thorniness?
Thorniness is a noun.
What is the plural of thorniness?
The plural of thorniness is thorninesses.

Words near thorniness in the dictionary

  1. thornhogs
  2. Thornielee
  3. thornier
  4. thorniest
  5. thornily
  6. thorniness
  7. thorninesses
  8. thorning
  9. Thornleigh
  10. thornless
  11. thornless honey locust

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thorniness (page history and authors); thorniness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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