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Definition of barbed in English: barbedadjective bɑːbdbɑrbd 1Having a barb or barbs. Example sentencesExamples - Corrected to reflect that the correct sadistic flesh gouging implement of the period was not barbed wire, but barbed whips.
- Talon's next words were similarly cut short when a wickedly barbed, green-feathered arrow hissed in through the doorway.
- Other types of arrow head found include barbed fishing arrows and crescent shaped small game arrows 5.
- They were not kept behind barbed or electric wire fences.
- They vary up the torture tactics via new school hardcore, the furious primal bombast of thrash metal and every barbed edge in-between.
- He tapped the button on the arrow and the barbed head started spinning.
- Their half-hearted shower of arrows thickened and turned the air black with sharp, barbed, and vile arrows.
- Tremolite's long fibers are barbed like fishhooks.
- This is, stripped bare, a classic romantic comedy, given a barbed edge by the precociously talented Anderson, whose presence lends the film its refreshingly unique style.
- My words seemed to fasten like barbed arrows in the souls of men.
- New pastures full of scarecrows and glistening barbed razor wire and crisscrossing pipelines pumping petrodollars into the pockets of imperium.
- She hid her face for a second with the fan, licking the barbed edges of the pins that gave it its shape then bent down close to his face, giving him full leeway to her mouth.
- A convex polygon with a triangle attached to one of its edges in this way is called a barbed polygon.
- When she attempts to fly away, the barbed stinger is anchored so solidly to the stingee that it tears Betty Bee's belly, eviscerating and mortally wounding her.
- Whether the stick was barbed I don't know, but you can't help but wonder if the beast is responding to the memory of a hooked pole.
- Arrows and barbed harpoons were placed near the right leg; milling stones, awls, chisels, knives, and other offerings were set to the left of the body.
- He and his friends are very aware of the barbed fenced border, the border security personnel and the consequences of crossing it.
Synonyms jagged, hooked, spiky, spiked, spined, spiny, prickly, thorny, scratchy, bristly, bristled, briary, brambly, sharp, pointed technical spinose, spinous - 1.1 (of a remark or joke) deliberately hurtful.
a fair degree of barbed wit Example sentencesExamples - He had never cared for his stepmother and now that her treachery was known to him, it was impossible not to send barbed comments in her direction.
- And, given the club's pressing financial problems, barbed comments continue to be fired in the Trust's direction from some fans who believe the money could have been better spent.
- Many Britons dismiss these reservations with a snooty disregard, and tend to make barbed remarks about pampered children and bad leisurewear.
- In this instance, the next best thing to saying ‘Mind your own business’ would be to say something light - with just the tiniest barbed edge.
- With all the barbed words being launched between them, especially between a certain pair, maybe they need to see themselves as standing on one side or the other.
- Mr Davis fired a series of barbed missives at what he described as ‘the only real growth sector in the British economy - bureaucracy’, throughout the public sector.
- Every barbed remark directed at a non-conformist is also an affirmation of his/her existence.
- Was he really so unobservant that he had not heard the barbed criticism behind that woman's comment?
- Harry could not resist making a barbed remark at that.
- One time my son came back from a playdate at a fancy lady's house, a woman who is really unpleasant to me and takes every opportunity to say slightly barbed things to me.
- He dealt with some barbed questions from journalists with humour and wit.
- It is tempting to think kindly of him and to believe that underneath the sarcasm, the dry wit, the barbed comment, there's a rather nice man struggling to get out.
- The dangers for Stephen, however, arc the barbed remarks of the scholars, presently engaged in a discussion of Goethe's novel, Wilhelm Meister.
- You should see me fly) I only have time for one or two words of sarcasm, so they have to be pointed and barbed and well conceived.
- The kind of barbed comment delivered with a smile to take the sting out of it.
- It isn't at all clear to whom these barbed comments were directed.
- Not only did Mann throw down the gauntlet to the fascists, with his sharp insight and his barbed pen, in some of his works he came very close to a socialist perspective.
- Nobody knows worst-dressed lists better than the famed Mr Blackwell, who since 1960 has issued barbed critiques of stars' outfits at the start of each new year.
- Scooby's cell mate, Manny, who only reads the Bible but constantly hurls barbed words at inmates and guards alike, tried to sabotage the political discussion.
- They knew this as well, so they taunted me with their sharp swords and barbed words.
Synonyms hurtful, wounding, cutting, biting, stinging, mean, spiteful, nasty, rude, cruel, vicious, unkind, unfriendly, snide, pointed, hateful, ill-natured, bitter, venomous, poisonous, mordant, acid, acerbic, acrimonious, astringent, caustic, sharp, scathing, hostile, rancorous, malicious, malevolent, evil-intentioned, baleful, vindictive, vengeful, vitriolic, splenetic, malign, malignant, pernicious, bilious informal bitchy, catty literary malefic, maleficent
Definition of barbed in US English: barbedadjectivebɑrbdbärbd 1Having a barb or barbs. Example sentencesExamples - Whether the stick was barbed I don't know, but you can't help but wonder if the beast is responding to the memory of a hooked pole.
- Talon's next words were similarly cut short when a wickedly barbed, green-feathered arrow hissed in through the doorway.
- They were not kept behind barbed or electric wire fences.
- Arrows and barbed harpoons were placed near the right leg; milling stones, awls, chisels, knives, and other offerings were set to the left of the body.
- He tapped the button on the arrow and the barbed head started spinning.
- New pastures full of scarecrows and glistening barbed razor wire and crisscrossing pipelines pumping petrodollars into the pockets of imperium.
- They vary up the torture tactics via new school hardcore, the furious primal bombast of thrash metal and every barbed edge in-between.
- My words seemed to fasten like barbed arrows in the souls of men.
- She hid her face for a second with the fan, licking the barbed edges of the pins that gave it its shape then bent down close to his face, giving him full leeway to her mouth.
- When she attempts to fly away, the barbed stinger is anchored so solidly to the stingee that it tears Betty Bee's belly, eviscerating and mortally wounding her.
- A convex polygon with a triangle attached to one of its edges in this way is called a barbed polygon.
- This is, stripped bare, a classic romantic comedy, given a barbed edge by the precociously talented Anderson, whose presence lends the film its refreshingly unique style.
- Corrected to reflect that the correct sadistic flesh gouging implement of the period was not barbed wire, but barbed whips.
- Tremolite's long fibers are barbed like fishhooks.
- Their half-hearted shower of arrows thickened and turned the air black with sharp, barbed, and vile arrows.
- He and his friends are very aware of the barbed fenced border, the border security personnel and the consequences of crossing it.
- Other types of arrow head found include barbed fishing arrows and crescent shaped small game arrows 5.
Synonyms jagged, hooked, spiky, spiked, spined, spiny, prickly, thorny, scratchy, bristly, bristled, briary, brambly, sharp, pointed - 1.1 (of a remark or joke) deliberately hurtful.
a fair degree of barbed wit Example sentencesExamples - Nobody knows worst-dressed lists better than the famed Mr Blackwell, who since 1960 has issued barbed critiques of stars' outfits at the start of each new year.
- Many Britons dismiss these reservations with a snooty disregard, and tend to make barbed remarks about pampered children and bad leisurewear.
- Harry could not resist making a barbed remark at that.
- The dangers for Stephen, however, arc the barbed remarks of the scholars, presently engaged in a discussion of Goethe's novel, Wilhelm Meister.
- Every barbed remark directed at a non-conformist is also an affirmation of his/her existence.
- Scooby's cell mate, Manny, who only reads the Bible but constantly hurls barbed words at inmates and guards alike, tried to sabotage the political discussion.
- He had never cared for his stepmother and now that her treachery was known to him, it was impossible not to send barbed comments in her direction.
- And, given the club's pressing financial problems, barbed comments continue to be fired in the Trust's direction from some fans who believe the money could have been better spent.
- One time my son came back from a playdate at a fancy lady's house, a woman who is really unpleasant to me and takes every opportunity to say slightly barbed things to me.
- They knew this as well, so they taunted me with their sharp swords and barbed words.
- In this instance, the next best thing to saying ‘Mind your own business’ would be to say something light - with just the tiniest barbed edge.
- You should see me fly) I only have time for one or two words of sarcasm, so they have to be pointed and barbed and well conceived.
- Mr Davis fired a series of barbed missives at what he described as ‘the only real growth sector in the British economy - bureaucracy’, throughout the public sector.
- It is tempting to think kindly of him and to believe that underneath the sarcasm, the dry wit, the barbed comment, there's a rather nice man struggling to get out.
- Was he really so unobservant that he had not heard the barbed criticism behind that woman's comment?
- With all the barbed words being launched between them, especially between a certain pair, maybe they need to see themselves as standing on one side or the other.
- The kind of barbed comment delivered with a smile to take the sting out of it.
- He dealt with some barbed questions from journalists with humour and wit.
- Not only did Mann throw down the gauntlet to the fascists, with his sharp insight and his barbed pen, in some of his works he came very close to a socialist perspective.
- It isn't at all clear to whom these barbed comments were directed.
Synonyms hurtful, wounding, cutting, biting, stinging, mean, spiteful, nasty, rude, cruel, vicious, unkind, unfriendly, snide, pointed, hateful, ill-natured, bitter, venomous, poisonous, mordant, acid, acerbic, acrimonious, astringent, caustic, sharp, scathing, hostile, rancorous, malicious, malevolent, evil-intentioned, baleful, vindictive, vengeful, vitriolic, splenetic, malign, malignant, pernicious, bilious
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