barbed

/bˈɑɹbd/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

adjective

1. capable of wounding
   “a barbed compliment”
2. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
   “a horse with a short bristly mane”

Synonyms for barbed

• biting
• nipping
• pungent
• mordacious
• sarcastic
• barbellate
• briary
• briery
• bristled
• bristly
• burred
• burry
• prickly
• setose
• setaceous
• spiny
• thorny
• armed

Words that rhyme with barbed

• garbed