barbed

Meaning

Adj

1. Having barbs.
2. Having barbs of a certain colour (as or similar to an arrow); beared.
3. Having gills or wattles (as a bird); wattled.
4. Having sepals or leaves between the petals (on a rose, etc).
5. (usually) Deliberately hurtful; biting; caustic.
6. Accoutered with defensive armor; barded.

Verb

simple past and past participle of barb

barb

• Noun
• Verb
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Synonyms

prickly

spiny

thorny

spiked

pungent

bristly

barbellate

biting

setose

nipping

burred

setaceous

burry

spiky

briery

bristled

mordacious

briary

barbed-pointed

acid

cacuminous

acrid

acrimonious

acuminate

arrow

bearded

blistering

epigrammatic

hooked

jagged

mordant

pointed

spear

spinous

splenetic

stinging

tart

barbed-headed

Translations

spinoso

punzante

espinoso

barbelé

pungente

que pica

stachlig

stachelig

qui pique

piquant

شائك

épineux

picador

ispido

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɑː(ɹ)bd/