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Wounding Remark Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "BARB" which means:
- noun
- • An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- • The pointed part of barbed wire
- • A subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
- • One of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather verb
- • Provide with barbs
An example sentence would be:
- • "He accidentally stepped on a barb and it pierced through his shoe."
- • "The barb on the fish's fin can cause a painful injury."
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1 | A hurt inflicted by an ant, bee, jellyfish, nettle, wasp etc; by extension, pain caused by wounding words; or, the point of an epigram
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10 Jun 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 10 Jun 2023 |
2 | A jag of an arrow or a fish-hook; a beard-like filament of a cyprinid; a harl or ramus of a feather’s vane; or, a pointed or wounding remark
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03 Jun 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 03 Jun 2023 |
3 | Playful remark or witty remark | |
4 | Popular panel may be wounding
The Guardian Cryptic -
15 Jul 2014 | The Guardian Cryptic / 15 Jul 2014 |
5 | Wounding criticism | |
6 | Wounding jibe
The Guardian Quick -
22 Aug 2014 | The Guardian Quick / 22 Aug 2014 |
7 | Wounding remark finally hurt relative
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02 Aug 2021 | The Guardian Cryptic / 02 Aug 2021 |