barbed

The word “barbed” has 1 syllable: barbed

It's pronounced as /bɑrbd/

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In the thesaurus, “barbed” has 73 synonyms and 25 antonyms.

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Synonyms for barbed

verb
1. To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
2. To cover a horse in armor, corrupted from bard.
3. To cut (hair).
4. To shave or dress the beard of.
5. To clip; to mow.
adjective
1. Having barbs.
2. Bearded (also applied to roses, referring to the leaves between the petals).
3. (of language, etc.) Deliberately hurtful; biting; caustic.
4. (of a horse) Accoutered with defensive armor; barded.

The barbed wire fence kept the animals from escaping.
He carefully avoided the barbed comments his colleague made during the meeting.
The barbed arrow struck the target with precision.
She recoiled after touching the barbed end of the cactus.
The soldier’s uniform was caught on a piece of barbed wire while crawling through the field.

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