Definitions of barbed [ɑrbd]

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Definition of 'barbed'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) barbed
having barbs.

2. barbed
calculated to wound; cutting:
barbed criticisms.

Etymology: (1520–30)

Definition of 'barbed'

Princeton's WordNet

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'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) barbed
accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See Barded ( which is the proper form.)

2. (adj) barbed
furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire

3. barbed
of Barb

Translation of 'barbed'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a hurtful remark. a barbed arrow/remark.
Afrikaans: kwetsend	Arabic: حادٌّ، شَوْكي، لاذِع	Bulgarian: с шипове
Brazilian: farpado	Czech: ostnatý; štiplavý	German: scharf, verletzend
Danish: skarp	Greek: αγκαθωτός, δηκτικός	Spanish: incisivo, mordaz
Estonian: kisuline, terav	Farsi: خار دار؛ طعنهآمیز	Finnish: piikikäs
French: acéré	Hebrew: דוֹקרָנִי	Hindi: कांटेदार
Croatian: kukast, zajedljiv	Hungarian: tüskés	Indonesian: berduri
Icelandic: gaddaður; særandi, hvass	Italian: pungente	Japanese: とげのある
Korean: 미늘이 있는	Lithuanian: spygliuotas, kandus	Latvian: arāķi; āķveidīgs; dzēlīgs
Malay: membubuh cangkuk	Dutch: met weerhaken, stekelig	Norwegian: med mothaker; skarp
Polish: ostry	Persian: خار دار؛ طعنهآمیز	Pashto: په خنډو پټ، اغزن (لكه اغز
Portuguese: farpado	Romanian: ascuţit; răutăcios	Russian: колкий
Slovak: s háčikom, uštipačný	Slovenian: jedek	Serbian: oštar
Swedish: hullingförsedd, vass	Thai: (ตะขอหรือลูกศร) ที่มีเงี่	Turkish: kancalı, çengelli
Taiwanese: 有刺的，(話語)尖刻傷人的	Ukrainian: гострий, колючий	Urdu: نوک دار
Vietnamese: có gai	Chinese: 有刺的，（话语）尖刻的
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