Barbed (Adjective)

Meaning ¹

Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

• Bristled
• Briary
• Bristly
• Burry
• Prickly
• Setose
• Burred
• Thorny
• Setaceous
• Barbellate
• Briery
• Spiny

Meaning ²

Capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

• Pungent
• Nipping
• Biting
• Mordacious