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In our culture I think most people think of grief as sadness, and that's certainly part of it, a large part of it, but there's also this thorniness, these edges that come out.
Anthony Rapp

Meaning of "thorniness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THORNINESS

thorniness  [ˈθɔːnɪnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THORNINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Thorniness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES THORNINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of thorniness in the English dictionary

The first definition of thorniness in the dictionary is the quality or state of bearing or being covered with thorns. Other definition of thorniness is the quality or state of being difficult or unpleasant. Thorniness is also the quality or state of being sharp.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THORNINESS


canniness
ˈkænɪnɪs
graininess
ˈɡreɪnɪnɪs
Guinness
ˈɡɪnɪs
happiness
ˈhæpɪnɪs
horniness
ˈhɔːnɪnɪs
looniness
ˈluːnɪnɪs
luniness
ˈluːnɪnɪs
mooniness
ˈmuːnɪnɪs
phoniness
ˈfəʊnɪnɪs
puniness
ˈpjuːnɪnɪs
runniness
ˈrʌnɪnɪs
scrawniness
ˈskrɔːnɪnɪs
shininess
ˈʃaɪnɪnɪs
skinniness
ˈskɪnɪnɪs
spininess
ˈspaɪnɪnɪs
stoniness
ˈstəʊnɪnɪs
sunniness
ˈsʌnɪnɪs
tawniness
ˈtɔːnɪnɪs
whininess
ˈwaɪnɪnɪs
zaniness
ˈzeɪnɪnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THORNINESS

thorn apple
thorn bush
thorn moth
thornback
thornbill
thornbill warbler
Thorndike
Thorndike´s law
Thorndike´s law of effect
thornhedge
Thornhill
thornier
thorniest
thornily
thornless
thornlike
thornproof
thornset
thorntree
thorny

WORDS THAT END LIKE THORNINESS

agribusiness
big business
bulkiness
business
cleanliness
cleanliness is next to godliness
comeliness
dizziness
do the business
e-business
emptiness
family business
fitness
friendliness
laziness
loneliness
loveliness
readiness
show business
timeliness
trustworthiness

Synonyms and antonyms of thorniness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «thorniness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THORNINESS

Find out the translation of thorniness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of thorniness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «thorniness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

多刺
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

espinosidad
570 millions of speakers

English

thorniness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

thorniness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإشاكة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

наличие шипов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

thorniness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

thorniness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

épineux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tiruan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dornigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

とげの程度
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가시 정도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Thorniness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thorniness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

thorniness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कंटाळवाणेपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

thorniness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Senza spine
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

thorniness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

наявність шипів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

thorniness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακανθώδες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

netelig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

thorniness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

thorniness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thorniness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THORNINESS»

The term «thorniness» is used very little and occupies the 183.075 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THORNINESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about thorniness

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QUOTES WITH «THORNINESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word thorniness.
1
Anthony Rapp
In our culture I think most people think of grief as sadness, and that's certainly part of it, a large part of it, but there's also this thorniness, these edges that come out.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THORNINESS»

Discover the use of thorniness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thorniness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Fruit Breeding, Tree and Tropical Fruits
Thorniness is especially prominent. On trees of most old budded cultivars, thorns are few and small, although in some lemons they are notably persistent. Among young nucellar seedlings and budlings, however, thorniness is usually much ...
Jules Janick, James N. Moore, 1996
2
Animal Production and Natural Resources Utilisation in the ...
None: Thorniness generally absent or low; regular shoots (low branchiness); lignification absent or low; no evidence of browsing or fraying activities. Low: Medium thorniness; shoot with medium branchiness; partial lignification of branches ...
A. Georgoudis, A. Rosati, C. Mosconi, 2005
3
The Citrus Industry: Anatomy, physiology, genetics, and ...
The thorniness of young zygotic seedlings and their budded progeny is variable. It is usually high, however, and on the average is similar to that of young nucellar individuals from the same parent varieties. The following considerations apply ...
Walter Reuther, Herbert John Webber, 1968
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The Citrus Industry...: History, botany, and breeding. v. 2. ...
At first they resembled the seedlings in thorniness, but after a few years much of their new growth, especially on the higher branches, was much less thorny. Some of the hybrids in the lot were repropagated from the budded trees, with ...
Herbert John Webber, Leon Dexter Batchelor, 1943
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Proceedings of the American Society for Horticultural Science
However, thornless seedlings resulted from their hybridization with epistatic thornless derivatives of 'Austin Thornless' bore stalked glands, indicating genes for thorniness were present, although suppressed. The appearance of thorny ...
‎1968
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Proceedings
Thorns were highly variable, between and within trees, in number, size, and distribution. Nevertheless, the thorniness of the young-line trees from high and low budwood, considered together, averaged decidedly greater than that of the old ...
American Society for Horticultural Science, 1952
7
Acta Horticulturae
3.1.3. Thorniness and flower set The amount of thorniness of seedlings is used as guide of "wildness" (Visser, 1965) and in fruit tree breeding it is accepted that this characteristic is related to the juvenile period. The relationship we found in our ...
‎1992
8
Fruit breeding and genetics: 23rd International ...
Thorniness and flower set The amount of thorniness of seedlings is used as guide of "wildness" (Visser, 1965) and in fruit tree breeding it is accepted that this characteristic is related to the juvenile period. The relationship we found in our plum ...
Jan Blažek, L. F. Hough, International Society for Horticultural Science. Section for Fruit, 1992
9
Proceedings of the American Society for Horticultural Science
... with the absence of stalked glands on the cotyledons. However, thornless seedlings resulted from their hybridization with epistatic thornless derivatives of ' Austin Thornless' bore stalked glands, indicating genes for thorniness were present, ...
American Society for Horticultural Science, 1968
10
Understanding Plant Reproduction
The juvenile phase of many plants— for example, citrus, pear, apple and honey locust— is characterized also by non flowering, excessive vigor, and thorniness; the adult phase by flowering and fruiting, reduced vigor, and thorniness.
S.r. Mishra, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THORNINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thorniness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Denver pot initiative could steer legislative response to thorny public …
The thorniness around that issue has led to a charged debate over where pot users, especially tourists, can legally consume the drug. “I think it really has to be ... «The Colorado Statesman, Jul 15»
2
Rock Picks, July 17: The Weather Station at Durham's Pinhook
And for all the difficulty that Lindeman evokes, her musical settings convey such ease and elegance that it can take a while for the emotional thorniness to ... «News & Observer, Jul 15»
3
Roses and Thorns
An AP story in Friday's paper explains the thorniness that has descended upon the budget problem: "The already confusing atmosphere surrounding Illinois ... «Effingham Daily News, Jul 15»
4
Review: Pianist Ursula Oppens Seamlessly Connects the Classics …
Ms. Oppens brought clear distinction to each while making light of the technical thorniness of the music. Schubert's Four Impromptus (D. 899) were next, ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
5
A Secret Weapon to Stop China's Island Building: The Environment?
The thorniness of the problem is partly a function of the strategic asymmetries involved. For China, digging up the ocean floor to construct artificial islands may ... «The National Interest Online, Apr 15»
6
Unresolved composition of Lantana camara: Impediment to its …
The complex constituents show huge diversification at the phenotypic (morphology of leaves, flowers, stem and thorniness etc.) as well as at genotypic level ... «Phys.Org, Apr 15»
7
CityLink launches design competition for creative roadside art solution
... a new design competition launched by CityLink earlier this week avoids the potential thorniness of a major public art commission via the somewhat more softly ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jan 15»
8
Wachner, Washington Chorus give powerful performance of …
It wasn't a reading that necessarily aimed at beauty — fittingly enough, given the work's inherent thorniness. The chorus's tenor section often sounded strident ... «Washington Post, Nov 14»
9
Creating An Identity, However Difficult
“The Return,” a deeply engaging and satisfying new film by Adam Zucker, deals dead-center with the thorniness of Jewish identity. Zucker chose four women ... «The Jewish Week, Nov 14»
10
Battling RRD
Symptoms of RRD may vary with rose cultivar but most commonly include proliferation of lateral shoots — called witches broom — unusual thorniness, ... «UD Daily, Oct 14»

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