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Meaning of barbed

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  barbed
      adj 1: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting
             aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: {barbed}, {biting},
             {nipping}, {pungent}, {mordacious}]
      2: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines
         or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane";
         "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers" [syn:
         {barbed}, {barbellate}, {briary}, {briery}, {bristled},
         {bristly}, {burred}, {burry}, {prickly}, {setose},
         {setaceous}, {spiny}, {thorny}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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