Synonyms for Barbed:
adj.
•all (adjective)mordacious, biting, nipping, pungent.
•cutting (adjective)
piercing, spiked, biting, pointed, sharp.
•sharp (adjective)
keen, acute, Thistly, needle-like, sagittal, spiny, pointed, bristly, double-edged, sharp, jagged, thorny, cutting, needle-point, spear-like, razor-edged, razor-sharp, spinous, spiked, prickly, pointy, spiky.
n.
accusing, blistering, accusatory, ad hominem, astringent. dull, serrated, double-edged, razor-sharp, left-handed, Two-edged. •barbed (noun)armed, briery, spiny, biting, burry, mordacious, bristled, nipping, barbellate, pungent, burred, prickly, bristly, thorny, briary, sarcastic.
•pointed (noun)
piercing.
Other synonyms:
accusing, serrated, accusatory, ad hominem, blistering. double-edged, astringent, left-handed, Two-edged. razor-sharp. dull. •Other relevant words:
razor-sharp, briary, accusing, left-handed, astringent, sarcastic, burry, piercing, briery, biting, bristled, pungent, mordacious, nipping, serrated, burred, Two-edged, dull, barbellate, armed.
Usage examples for barbed
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The steel head, being barbed could not be pulled out in the pig's struggles to break loose. – Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines by H. Wilfrid Walker
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In the late war between the Spaniards and the Americans, the former used barbed wire for the same purpose. – My Life In The South by Jacob Stroyer