1. (adj)barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious capable of wounding "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
2. (adj)barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny 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"
Definition of 'barbed'
