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Prickly

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

Something that gives a pricking sensation; a sharp object.

colloquial

Equivalents

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العربيةخشن
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हिन्दीकँटीला
Latinaspinifer
Te Reo Māoritōtara
Русскийколючий
Svenskataggig

Examples

Below, way out on the flat, Blue had seen a light green that could be graze but up here was nothing 'cept all kinds of prickly bushes, and too many of them. Ground-spreading pricklies that reached out to jump at a horse's belly […]”
Dad, I need to ride on your shoulders because the pricklies hurt my feet.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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