'Barbed' definitions:

Definition of 'barbed'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious]
adjective
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" [syn: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny]

Definition of 'Barbed'

From: GCIDE
  • Barbed \Barbed\, a. Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire. [1913 Webster]
  • Barbed wire, a wire, or a strand of twisted wires, armed with barbs or sharp points. It is used for fences. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Barbed'

From: GCIDE
  • Barb \Barb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barbed (b[aum]rbd); p. pr. & vb. n. Barbing.]
  • 1. To shave or dress the beard of. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To clip; to mow. [Obs.] --Marston. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • But rattling storm of arrows barbed with fire. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Barbed'

From: GCIDE
  • Barbed \Barbed\ (b[aum]rbd or b[aum]rb"[e^]d), a. [See 4th Barb.] Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See Barded (which is the proper form.) --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'barbed'

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