| ADJECTIVE | all | barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious | capable of wounding |
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| all | 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. |
| Sounds | baa'rbd | |
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| Rhymes | garbed | |
| Meaning | capable of wounding. | |
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| Example | "a barbed compliment" | |
| Synonyms | biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious | |
| Broader | sarcastic | Expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds |
| Spanish | mordaz | |
| Meaning | Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.. | |
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| Synonyms | barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny | |
| Broader | armed | (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns |
| Spanish | erizado, espinoso, punzante | |
| Catalan | eriçat, espinós, punxant | |
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