barbed

barbed is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Barb. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. past tense & past participle. of Barb
2. adjective. Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See Barded ( which is the proper form.)
3. adjective. Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire.
4. adjective. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

   "a horse with a short bristly mane"

   "bristly shrubs"

   Synonyms: barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny

5. adjective. capable of wounding

   "a barbed compliment"

   "a biting aphorism"

   Synonyms: biting, mordacious, nipping, pungent

Synonyms

barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny, biting, mordacious, nipping, pungent

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in barbed:

dabber

Common word forms

barb, barbe, barbedness

Words from these letters

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