About The Word Barbed
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Barbed
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What's The Definition Of Barbed?
[adj] having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"
[adj] capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire" Synonyms | Synonyms for Barbed: armed | barbellate | biting | briary | briery | bristled | bristly | burred | burry | mordacious | nipping | prickly | pungent | sarcastic | spiny | thorny Related Terms | Find terms related to Barbed: acanthoid | acanthous | acicular | acuate | aculeate | aculeiform | acuminate | acute | cornuted | cusped | cuspidate | hispid | horned | horny | mucronate | needle-pointed | needle-sharp | pointed | pronged | sharp-pointed | spiculate | spiked | spiky | spined | spinous | spiny | tapered | tapering | tined | toothed | unbated See Also | Barbed In Webster's Dictionary \Barbed\, a. [See 4th {Bare}.]
Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See
{Barded} ( which is the proper form.) --Sir W. Raleigh.
\Barbed\, a. Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire. {Barbed wire}, a wire, or a strand of twisted wires, armed with barbs or sharp points. It is used for fences. |
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