barbed

Adjective
  1. Capable of wounding (synset 302086443)
    "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
    similar to: sarcastic - expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
    same as: biting, mordacious, nipping, pungent
  2. Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. (synset 300146351)
    "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"
    similar to: armed - (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns
    same as: barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny

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