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barbed

(b/A/rbd )

adjective (a)

Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See Barded (which is the proper form.)(adjective)

source: webster1913
Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire.(adjective)

source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

capable of wounding(adj.all)

Example:
A barbed compliment.

Synonym:
biting, mordacious, nipping, pungent

source: wordnet30
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.(adj.all)

Synonym:
barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny

source: wordnet30

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