adj
Meaning 1
Having barbs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
barbed
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/bɑː(ɹ)bd/
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CMU ARPABET: B AA1 R B D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Having barbs of a certain colour (as or similar to an arrow); beared.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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adj
Meaning 3
Having gills or wattles (as a bird); wattled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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adj
Meaning 4
Having sepals or leaves between the petals (on a rose, etc).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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adj
Meaning 5
Deliberately hurtful; biting; caustic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: usually
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adj
Meaning 6
Accoutered with defensive armor; barded.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 7
simple past and past participle of barb
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective satellite
Meaning 8
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a horse with a short bristly mane
- bristly shrubs
- burred fruits
- setaceous whiskers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
capable of wounding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a barbed compliment
- a biting aphorism
- pungent satire
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Cherokee: ᏧᏣᏲᏍᏗ (tsutsayosdi) — having barbs
- Māori: taratara — having barbs
- Persian: خاردار (xârdâr) — having barbs
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