Synonyms for Barbed:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • barbed.
  •cutting (adjective)
  • stinging,
  • piercing,
  • wounding,
  • hurtful.
  •gnawing (adjective)
  • Gnawing,
  • poinest,
  • poiner.
  •jagged (adjective)
  • more denticulate,
  • more toothed,
  • most asperous,
  • un-even,
  • un smooth,
  • un smoother,
  • snaggier,
  • un-smoother,
  • in dented,
  • more asperous,
  • un even,
  • most toothed,
  • ridged,
  • un smoothest,
  • un-smoothest,
  • unsmoothest,
  • more unlevel,
  • un-level,
  • unsmoother,
  • most unlevel,
  • snaggiest,
  • most denticulate,
  • in-dented,
  • un-smooth,
  • un level.
  •knifelike (adjective)
  • knifelike.
  •pointed (adjective)
  • most arrowlike,
  • most piked,
  • most edged,
  • most right on,
  • more pronged,
  • boiled down,
  • laid the line,
  • most sagittal,
  • more arrowlike,
  • more sagittate,
  • more sharp cornered,
  • more right on,
  • more right-on,
  • most right-on,
  • sharpcornered,
  • more sharp-cornered,
  • most sagittate,
  • more short-and-sweet,
  • laid line,
  • more sagittal,
  • most sharpcornered,
  • most pronged,
  • in-sinuating,
  • calling spade spade,
  • most short-and-sweet,
  • more piked,
  • most sharp cornered,
  • more sharpcornered,
  • most acuminous,
  • laid on line,
  • calling a spade spade,
  • sharp cornered,
  • more edged,
  • more short and sweet,
  • most righton,
  • right it,
  • most short and sweet,
  • in nutshell,
  • more acuminous,
  • most sharp-cornered,
  • on button,
  • more righton,
  • in sinuating,
  • righton.
  •prickly (adjective)
  • brieriest,
  • brierier,
  • brambliest,
  • most echinated,
  • bramblier,
  • more echinated.
  •pungent (adjective)
  • zesty,
  • salter.
  •sharp (adjective)
  • apical,
  • spikier,
  • splintery,
  • knife-edged,
  • keen,
  • acute,
  • sharp-edged,
  • needlelike,
  • spikiest,
  • needle-point,
  • spear-like,
  • Unblunted,
  • razor-edged,
  • keen-edged,
  • ground fine,
  • spiky,
  • needle-like.
  •spiked (adjective)
  • spicate,
  • most spicate,
  • more spicate.
  •spiny (adjective)
  • most hispid,
  • more hispid.
  •spiteful (adjective)
  • ill natured,
  • Spleenful,
  • snide,
  • illnatured,
  • more ill disposed,
  • illdisposed,
  • de spiteful,
  • most ill disposed,
  • more illdisposed,
  • more spleenful,
  • de-spiteful,
  • more ill-disposed,
  • ill disposed,
  • more cussed,
  • most ill-disposed,
  • most splenetic,
  • most illdisposed,
  • most cussed,
  • most spleenful.
  •tart (adjective)
  • more vinegary,
  • tangy,
  • most acetose,
  • most vinegary,
  • more acetose.
  •thorny (adjective)
  • most bristling,
  • more spinous,
  • most spinous,
  • more bristling.

• n.

  •
  • astringent.
  •
  • razor-sharp,
  • dull.
  •armed (noun)
  • armed.
  •barbed (noun)
  • sarcastic.

• v.

  •defended (verb)
  • fortified.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • disapproving,
  • accusing,
  • accusatory,
  • ad hominem,
  • reproachful,
  • disparaging,
  • blistering,
  • trenchant,
  • satirical,
  • serrated,
  • condemnatory,
  • reproving,
  • deprecating,
  • hard-hitting,
  • unfavorable,
  • Searing,
  • unfavourable,
  • swingeing,
  • vituperative.
  •
  • double-edged,
  • crushing,
  • acid,
  • critically,
  • Two-edged,
  • savage,
  • left-handed,
  • critical.
  •
  • negative.
  •Other relevant words:
  • spine,
  • lancinating,
  • costume,
  • paling,
  • craggy,
  • serrate,
  • backbone,
  • acrid,
  • habited,
  • Barded,
  • Arrowheaded,
  • bar,
  • acanthous,
  • rough,
  • combination lock,
  • Stropped,
  • barb,
  • exhilarate,
  • cuspidated,
  • Spinulose,
  • crisp,
  • Jibed,
  • curmudgeonly,
  • horned,
  • sagittiform,
  • chafe,
  • Shafted,
  • tapered,
  • starlike,
  • instigate,
  • Aciculiform,
  • Cornute,
  • acrimonious,
  • show,
  • sour,
  • virulent,
  • snappy,
  • incisive,
  • con,
  • severe,
  • Setigerous,
  • pricker,
  • Aculeous,
  • aculeated,
  • Guessed,
  • harsh,
  • smart-mouthed,
  • aciculate,
  • encourage,
  • peaked,
  • horny,
  • bitter,
  • rail,
  • penetrating,
  • Gibed,
  • Spined,
  • Digitated,
  • picket fence,
  • Stelliform,
  • irritate,
  • impetus,
  • drive,
  • scathing,
  • poignant,
  • mordant,
  • splenetic,
  • Commented,
  • fence,
  • stab,
  • alter,
  • stone wall,
  • palisade,
  • prickle,
  • deadbolt,
  • Cocked,
  • incite,
  • Denticulated,
  • waspish,
  • testy,
  • Cornuted,
  • aggravate,
  • acicular,
  • spiculose,
  • nippy,
  • stranded,
  • sardonic,
  • point,
  • Spiculate,
  • wall,
  • Needle-pointed,
  • stimulate,
  • inducement,
  • bother,
  • Fluked,
  • Spicular,
  • stinger,
  • Odontoid,
  • unbated,
  • Beamed,
  • fusiform,
  • pain,
  • tined,
  • tooled,
  • stimulus,
  • sting,
  • arouse,
  • prick,
  • cynical,
  • Quilled,
  • changed,
  • acuate,
  • cusped,
  • studded,
  • Bristling,
  • Stellated,
  • acerb,
  • crusty,
  • satiric,
  • bearded,
  • Mucronated,
  • vex,
  • provoke,
  • Pectinated,
  • apiculate,
  • scalding,
  • adapt,
  • Nipped,
  • cracked,
  • Remarked,
  • Mucronulate,
  • tapering,
  • excite,
  • Aciform,
  • Scaped,
  • lock,
  • jabbed,
  • swindle,
  • pyramidal,
  • thorn,
  • Slammed,
  • needle-sharp,
  • nasty,
  • Hebetate,
  • awaken,
  • barrier,
  • invested,
  • assassinate,
  • caustic,
  • Setiferous,
  • Arrowy,
  • intense,
  • bolt,
  • goad,
  • frosty,
  • corrosive,
  • prickled,
  • aculeate,
  • quicken,
  • inspire,
  • acuminate,
  • Muricated,
  • feathered,
  • infuriate,
  • ensiform,
  • shod,
  • acanthoid,
  • salient,
  • spur,
  • dighted,
  • cuspidate,
  • Dentiform,
  • clad,
  • spinose,
  • enrage,
  • stern,
  • chain-link fence,
  • harass,
  • barricade,
  • enliven,
  • stabbing,
  • conical,
  • Pelleted,
  • Petered,
  • impulse,
  • Aculeiform,
  • acerbic,
  • incentive,
  • vicious,
  • stroked,
  • Spurred,
  • sharp-pointed,
  • snarky,
  • acidulous,
  • needle-shaped,
  • invigorate,
  • padlock,
  • acuminated,
  • abusive,
  • bite,
  • spike,
  • Muricate,
  • Rayed.

Paraphrases for Barbed:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    barbed-wire.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    thorny, contentious, complicated, sticking, difficult.

Antonyms for Barbed:

• adj.

  • cutting
    mild, flattering, nice, complimentary.
  • Other antonyms:
    suave, bland, polite, urbane, merry, smooth, droll, good-humored, hospitable, playful, waggish, genial, cordial, affable, good-natured, unsarcastic, diplomatic, sociable, amusing, gentle, gracious, sportive, unarmed.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    armless.

Homophones for Barbed:

• bravado, brer rabbit, browbeat, barefooted, barbette, bareboat, bereft, bereaved, bryophyta, borrow pit, burbot, barbuda, bore bit, barefoot, bryophyte, bar bit, brave out, barbate, brevity, barbet, brevet.