barbed

barbed
    adj 1: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting
           aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: {barbed}, {biting},
           {nipping}, {pungent}, {mordacious}]
    2: 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}]
    

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.]
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   2. To clip; to mow. [Obs.] --Marston.
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   3. To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or
      hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
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            But rattling storm of arrows barbed with fire.
                                                  --Milton.
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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.
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Barbed \Barbed\, a.
   Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed
   wire.
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   {Barbed wire}, a wire, or a strand of twisted wires, armed
      with barbs or sharp points. It is used for fences.
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31 Moby Thesaurus words for "barbed":
      acanthoid, acanthous, acicular, acuate, aculeate, aculeiform,
      acuminate, acute, cornuted, cusped, cuspidate, hispid, horned,
      horny, mucronate, needle-pointed, needle-sharp, pointed, pronged,
      sharp-pointed, spiculate, spiked, spiky, spined, spinous, spiny,
      tapered, tapering, tined, toothed, unbated