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Adjective (2 meanings)

1. capable of wounding.

barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious

Examples:

“a barbed compliment”,
“a biting aphorism”,
“pungent satire”

Derivationally related form:

pungency, bite (noun) - wit having a sharp and caustic quality

barbed is similar to:

sarcastic (adjective) - expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds

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

barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny

Examples:

“a horse with a short bristly mane”,
“bristly shrubs”,
“burred fruits”,
“setaceous whiskers”

Derivationally related form:

barbel, feeler (noun) - slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
bristle (noun) - a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament)
bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia (noun) - a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
bur, burr (noun) - seed vessel having hooks or prickles
prickliness, bristliness, spininess, thorniness (noun) - the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines

seta (noun) - a stiff hair or bristle
spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet (noun) - a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

barbed is similar to:

armed (adjective) - (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns

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Noun (4 meanings)

1. an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.

shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe

Examples:

“his parting shot was `drop dead'”,
“she threw shafts of sarcasm”,
“she takes a dig at me every chance she gets”

barb is a type of:

remark, comment, input (noun) - a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information

types of barb:

cheap shot (noun) - an unnecessarily aggressive and unfair remark directed at a defenseless person

barb is derivationally related to:

to jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe (verb) - laugh at with contempt and derision

2. the pointed part of barbed wire.

barb is a type of:

point (noun) - sharp end

barb is a part of:

barbed wire, barbwire (noun) - strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage

barb is derivationally related to:

to barb (verb) - provide with barbs

3. a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove.

barb is a type of:

point (noun) - sharp end

types of barb:

fluke (noun) - a barb on a harpoon or arrow

barb is a part of:

arrowhead (noun) - the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow
hook (noun) - a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
spear, lance, shaft (noun) - a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

4. one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather.

barb is a type of:

fibril, filament, strand (noun) - a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

barb is a part of:

vane, web (noun) - the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft

Verb (1 meaning)

1. provide with barbs.

Example:

“barbed wire”

to barb is a way to:

to change, alter, modify (verb) - cause to change

to barb is derivationally related to:

barb (noun) - the pointed part of barbed wire