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Sarcastic Communication That Was And Is Painful To Get Over Crossword Clue
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We've checked our database and believe the answer is
BARBED which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
BARBED
Updated: October 14, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood
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We think the answer is "BARBED" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Capable of wounding
- • Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. verb
- • To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
- • To cover a horse in armor, corrupted from bard.
- • To cut (hair).
- • To shave or dress the beard of.
- • To clip; to mow. adjective
- • Having barbs
- • Bearded (also applied to roses, referring to the leaves between the petals).
- • (of language, etc.) deliberately hurtful; biting; caustic.
- • (of a horse) accoutered with defensive armor; barded.
An example sentence would be:
- • "He wore a barbed wire bracelet around his wrist."
- • "The cat's fur had tiny barbed hairs that stuck to everything."
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| The Guardian Cryptic18 Jul 2019 | Across 22 | |
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