thorned
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of thorn
adj
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonym: spined"
- "A prickly bindweed (the Smilax Sarsaparilla) forms a feature in the near landscape, with its creamy odoriferous blossoms, coral berries, and glossy thorned leaves."
- "In these we always find that the thorned holly is spoken of as male, and the Ivy as female."
- "In its native form the branches of the honey locust are thorned and bear seed pods up to a foot long."
Inflected Forms
more thorned (comparative)
most thorned (superlative)