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barbed
adjective
(barbed)
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
Synonyms:
barbellate
,
briary
,
briery
,
bristled
,
bristly
,
burred
,
burry
,
prickly
,
setaceous
,
setose
,
spiny
,
thorny
,
barbed
adjective
(barbed)
capable of wounding
Synonyms:
biting
,
mordacious
,
nipping
,
pungent
,
Examples:
A barbed compliment.
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biting
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burred
,
thorny
,
spiny
,
briary
,
briery
,
armed
,
nipping
,
burry
,
barbellate
,
contentious
,
delicate
,
topical
,
critical
,
tricky
,
sticking
,
complicated
,
difficult
,
barbed-wire
,
caustic
,
acerbic
,
pithy
,
snide
,
vitriolic
,
vituperative
,
waspish
,
snarky
,
wry
,
jocular
,
scabrous
,
sardonic
,
waggish
,
lacerating
,
jokey
,
venomous
,
blunt
,
scornful
,
spiky
,
witty
,
mordant
,
derisive
,
catty
,
profane
,
recriminatory
,
stinging
,
trenchant
,
terse
,
offhand
,
scathing
,
glib
,
satirical
,
satiric
,
humorous
,
droll
,
ribald
,
abrasive
,
epigrammatic
,
verbose
,
uproarious
,
dismissive
,
flippant
,
rhetorical
,
bombastic
,
tactless
,
disobliging
,
testy
,
vehement
,
reproachful
,
loquacious
,
unstatesmanlike
,
amusing
,
gnomic
,
fatuous
,
unquotable
,
bluntest
,
cryptic
,
curt
,
florid
,
polemical
,
sly
,
humerous
,
venemous
,
digressive
,
bilious
,
condescending
,
intemperate
,
schoolboyish
,
verbal
,
brusque
,
comical
,
ineloquent
,
combative
,
impertinent
,
incendiary
,
splenetic
,
barbed
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