Definitions for: 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: armed, barbellate, biting, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, mordacious, nipping, prickly, pungent, sarcastic, spiny, thorny

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