English Explanatory Dictionary

barbed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having barbs.
  2. Having barbs of a certain colour (as or similar to an arrow); beared.
  3. Having gills or wattles (as a bird); wattled.
  4. Having sepals or leaves between the petals (on a rose, etc).
  5. Deliberately hurtful; biting; caustic.
  6. Accoutered with defensive armor; barded.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of barb

Pronunciation

/bɑː(ɹ)bd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-barbed.wav

Word forms

barbed more barbed most barbed

Derived words

barbedly barbedness nonbarbed unbarbed barbed wire
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