thorniness

Noun thorniness has 2 senses

• thorniness(n = noun.attribute) bristliness, prickliness, spininess - the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines;
is a kind of raggedness, roughness
Derived form adjective thorny₂

• thorniness(n = noun.attribute) acerbity, acrimony, bitterness, jaundice, tartness - a rough and bitter manner;
is a kind of disagreeableness