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barbed

• (s) capable of wounding
  • a barbed compliment
  • a biting aphorism
  • pungent satire
  biting, mordacious, nipping, pungent,
• (s) 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
  barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, burred, burry, setaceous, setose, bristly, prickly, spiny, thorny,

Synonyms

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

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