Barbed Definition
barbed
- adjective
- capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
- 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"
Words that rhyme with barbed
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