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Definitions for Barbed

[1] having barbs.
[2] calculated to wound; cutting: a professor noted for his barbed criticisms.
[3] a point or pointed part projecting backward from a main point, as of a fishhook or arrowhead.
[4] an obviously or openly unpleasant or carping remark.
[5] Botany , Zoology . a hooked or sharp bristle.
[6] Ornithology . one of the processes attached to the rachis of a feather.
[7] one of a breed of domestic pigeons, similar to the carriers or homers, having a short, broad bill.
[8] any of numerous, small, Old World cyprinid fishes of the genera Barbus and Puntius, often kept in aquariums.
[9] Usually barbs. Veterinary Pathology . a small protuberance under the tongue in horses and cattle, especially when inflamed and swollen.
[10] Also barbe. a linen covering for the throat and breast, formerly worn by women mourners and now only by some nuns.
[11] Obsolete . a beard.
[12] to furnish with a barb or barbs.
[13] a subsidiary point facing in the opposite direction to the main point of a fish-hook, harpoon, arrow, etc, intended to make extraction difficult
[14] any of various pointed parts, as on barbed wire
[15] a cutting remark; gibe
[16] any of the numerous hairlike filaments that form the vane of a feather
[17] a beardlike growth in certain animals
[18] a hooked hair or projection on certain fruits
[19] any small cyprinid fish of the genus Barbus (or Puntius ) and related genera, such as B. conchonius (rosy barb )
[20] (usually plural) any of the small fleshy protuberances beneath the tongue in horses and cattle
[21] a white linen cloth forming part of a headdress extending from the chin to the upper chest, originally worn by women in the Middle Ages, now worn by nuns of some orders
[22] obsolete a beard
[23] (tr) to provide with a barb or barbs
[24] a breed of horse of North African origin, similar to the Arab but less spirited
[25] Australian a black kelpie See kelpie 1
[26] Broadcasters' Audience Research Board

Words related to Barbed

biting, pointed, piercing, wounding, hurtful, sharp

Words nearby Barbed

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Origin of Barbed

11300–50; Middle English barbe < Middle French ≪ Latin barba beard or beardlike projection

Word origin for Barbed

C19: named after one that was named Barb after a winning racehorse

Synonyms for Barbed

biting, pointed, stinging, piercing, spiked, wounding, hurtful, sharp