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barbed
adjective
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 6
- Starts with
- B
- Ends with
- D
- Contains
- ARBE
- Scrabble score
- 11
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
bɑː(ɹ)bd
Meaning
Definitions
adjective
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
“a horse with a short bristly mane”
adjective
capable of wounding
“a barbed compliment”
In context
Example Sentences
a horse with a short bristly mane
bristly shrubs
burred fruits
setaceous whiskers
a barbed compliment
a biting aphorism
pungent satire
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