barbed
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6.7
- adjective
- /bɑrbd/
:
cortante
- Her barbed remarks during the meeting made it clear that she was unhappy with the decision.
They dream, sanguine dream of leather skinned children, their barbed smiles.
- They dream, sanguine dream of leather skinned children, their barbed smiles.
- From that point forward, Commodus hated the vestigial Roman Senate, always remembering the would be murderers barbed words.
Examples
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Master of the Barbed Opinion
Academic text (1994) -
It was more articulate and more barbed than anything I'd ever read that you had written.
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Barbed.
Fiction book (1996) -
They dream, sanguine dream of leather skinned children, their barbed smiles.
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From that point forward, Commodus hated the vestigial Roman Senate, always remembering the would be murderers barbed words.
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There's something to be said for a movie that insists on giving two and a half hours of screen time to highly intelligent men speaking in barbed, cogent, eloquent language.
Blog text (12) -
He often uses barbed humor to express his frustration with the situation.
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The author's barbed criticism of the government was evident throughout the article.
Synonyms
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4.1
Very direct and harsh in a way that can hurt people
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4.2
Harsh critical words or actions that hurt others
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8.4
Full of angry, bitter words in a speech or argument
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6.5
Sharp, biting words that can hurt or shock people
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7.2
A very harsh remark that tries to hurt someone
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6.7
A sharp, biting remark that hurts or criticizes
Harsh or hurtful in a way that makes someone feel upset
Harsh, sharply critical words that hurt people
Saying harsh words to criticize someone or something
Harsh and hurtful in speech or writing
Very critical and hurtful in speech or writing
Saying harsh, mean things that hurt people
Sharp and unkind in a way that hurts people's feelings
A little rude and short in the way someone speaks
Antonyms
Compounds
How Cutting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Barbed comes from the same old barb ('beard') idea of a small hooked point, a picture of a tiny hook that can stick. So a barbed remark is 'hurtful' or 'cutting' because it acts like a small sharp hook that wounds with words.