barbed

Definition of Barbed in English :

capable of wounding

Example Sentences:
'a barbed compliment'
'a biting aphorism'
'pungent satire'

having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

Example Sentences:
'a horse with a short bristly mane'
'bristly shrubs'
'burred fruits'
'setaceous whiskers'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Barbed

adjective

1.

having a barb or barbs

2.

stinging; cutting

barbed words

adj.

1. Having barbs.

2. Cutting; stinging: barbed criticism; barbed statements.