BARBED Synonyms

• bristling with perplexities

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• having a sharply uneven surface or outline

• having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed

• having a point

• direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant

• keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point

• having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing

• (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone

• a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named

• a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point

• changing suddenly in direction and degree

• (of something seen or heard) clearly defined

• ending in a sharp point

• having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

• marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

• harsh

• having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones

• dangerously steep

• very sudden and in great amount or degree

• quick and forceful

• having or as if having especially high-pitched spots

• a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic

• a stiff hair

• be in a state of movement or action

• rise up as in fear

• have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles

• react in an offended or angry manner

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• capable of wounding

• causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• very irritable

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• capable of wounding

• biting or given to biting

• capable of wounding

• pleasantly cold and invigorating

• strong and sharp

• capable of wounding

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.