ALL meanings of barbed
barbed
B b - adjective barbed A barbed remark or joke seems polite or humorous, but contains a cleverly hidden criticism. 3
- adjective barbed having a barb or barbs 3
- adjective barbed stinging; cutting 3
- adjective barbed having sharp points 1
- adjective barbed cruel, cutting 1
- adjective barbed having barbs. 1
- adjective barbed calculated to wound; cutting: a professor noted for his barbed criticisms. 1
- noun barbed a point or pointed part projecting backward from a main point, as of a fishhook or arrowhead. 1
- noun barbed an obviously or openly unpleasant or carping remark. 1
- noun barbed Botany, Zoology. a hooked or sharp bristle. 1
- noun barbed Ornithology. one of the processes attached to the rachis of a feather. 1
- noun barbed one of a breed of domestic pigeons, similar to the carriers or homers, having a short, broad bill. 1
- noun barbed any of numerous, small, Old World cyprinid fishes of the genera Barbus and Puntius, often kept in aquariums. 1
- noun barbed Usually, barbs. Veterinary Pathology. a small protuberance under the tongue in horses and cattle, especially when inflamed and swollen. 1
- noun barbed Also, barbe. a linen covering for the throat and breast, formerly worn by women mourners and now only by some nuns. 1
- noun barbed Obsolete. a beard. 1
- verb with object barbed to furnish with a barb or barbs. 1
- noun barbed Having a barb or barbs. 1
- verb barbed simple past tense and past participle of barb. 0
- adjective barbed (heraldry) Bearded (also applied to roses). 0
- adjective barbed (of a horse) Accoutered with defensive armor; barded. 0