barbed (redirected from barbedness)

barbed  (bärbd)

adj.

1. Having barbs.

2. Cutting; stinging: barbed criticism; barbed statements.

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barbed·ness (bärbd-ns) n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	barbed - capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire" biting, mordacious, nipping, pungent sarcastic - expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
	2.	barbed - 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" barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, setaceous, setose, burred, burry, prickly, spiny, thorny, bristly armed - (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns

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barbed

adjective

1. cutting, pointed, biting, critical, acid, hostile, nasty, harsh, savage, brutal, searing, withering, scathing, unkind, hurtful, belittling, sarcastic, caustic, scornful, vitriolic, trenchant, acrid, catty (informal), mordant, mordacious barbed comments

2. spiked, pointed, toothed, hooked, notched, prickly, jagged, thorny, pronged, spiny, snaggy The factory was surrounded by barbed wire.

Translations

barbed [bɑːbd]

A. ADJ

1. [arrow etc] → armado de lengüetas

2. (fig) [criticism] → incisivo, mordaz

B. CPD barbed wire N → alambre m de púas or de espino
barbed-wire fence → cercado m de alambrada or de alambre de espino or (LAm) de alambrado

barbed [ˈbɑː^rbd] adj (= snide) [comment, remark, criticism] → acéré(e)
barbed wire n → fil m de fer barbelé
barbed-wire fence [ˈbɑː^rbdwaɪə^r] n → barbelés fpl

barbed

adj

arrow → mit Widerhaken

(fig) wit → beißend; remark → spitz, bissig

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barbed:

barbed wire

n → Stacheldraht m

barbed-wire fence

n → Stacheldrahtzaun m

barbed [ˈbɑːbd] adj (hook, arrow) → con barbigli (fig) (wit, comment) → pungente, tagliente