barbed

barbed has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• imp. & p. p.. of Barb
• a.. Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See Barded ( which is the proper form.)
• a.. Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire.
• a.. 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"
• a.. capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"