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Meaning of Prickly | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

Something that gives a pricking sensation; a sharp object.

colloquial

Equivalents

العربية خشن
Български бодлив
Català espinós
Čeština pichlavý
Deutsch dornig gereizt heikel kratzbürstig reizbar Stachel- stachelig
Ελληνικά αγκαθερός
Español con espinas difícil espinoso espinudo irritable malhumorado peliagudo
Français épineux irascible irritable
Gaeilge colgach drisíneach
हिन्दी कँटीला
Italiano permaloso suscettibile
Latina spinifer
Te Reo Māori tōtara
Português espinhoso irritadiço
Română dificil ghimpos irascibil iritabil spinos supărăcios Țepos
Русский колючий
Svenska taggig

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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See also

prickly ash prickly chaff flower prickly hakea prickly heat prickly heath prickly hornwort

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