Barbed synonyms

bärbd

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pointed
Sharp; incisive; to the point, as an epigram
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spiked
Of a graph or trend that has rapidly reached a maximum.
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piercing
Keenly perceptive or intelligent:
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sharp (related)
Sudden and shrill:
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barbellate
(Bot.) Covered with short, hooked bristles or hairs
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briary
Like a briar; thorny.
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briery
Alternative spelling of briary.
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bristled
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
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bristly
Consisting of or similar to bristles.
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burred
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
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burry
The definition of burry is someone or something that is prickly or full of burs.
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setose
Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.
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setaceous
Having or consisting of bristles; bristly:
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spiny
Covered with or having spines, thorns, or prickles
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thorny
Having many thorns or abounding in thorn-covered vegetation:
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biting
Causing a stinging sensation.
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nipping
Sharp and biting, as the cold.
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pungent
Pointed:
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mordacious
Prone to biting, aggressive (of an animal etc.).
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tanged (related)
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twine (related)
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serrated (related)
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Find another word for barbed. In this page you can discover 23 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for barbed, like: pointed, spiked, piercing, sharp, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred and burry.
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Barbed Sentence Examples

  • One of the guards studied a barbed dagger before placing all his weapons in a small sack.

  • Still, if the attacking side enjoyed an advantage in this respect, the possible landingplaces were few in number and were therefore well indicated, there had been ample time to protect them with earthworks and barbed wire, and in any disembarkation in face of resistance the tactical conditions favour the defence.

  • Other important manufactures are iron and steel, slaughtering and meat-packing products, boots and shoes, cigars, furniture, men's clothing, hosiery and knit goods, jute and jute goods, linen-thread, malt liquors, brick, cement, barbed wire, wire nails and planing-mill products.

  • The Papuan bow is rather short, the arrows barbed and tipped with cassowary or human bone.

  • from the lighthouse there was a "fortified zone" of barbed wire and machine-guns.

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