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   Barbed

   /bärbd/

   

   adjective

   • 1. having a barb or barbs: "barbed arrows" Similar jaggedhookedspikyspikedspinedspinypricklythornyscratchybristlybristledbriarybramblysharppointedtechnical:spinosespinous
   • ▪ (of a remark or joke) deliberately hurtful: "a fair degree of barbed wit" Similar hurtfulwoundingcuttingbitingstingingmeanspitefulnastyrudecruelviciousunkindunfriendlysnidepointedhatefulill-naturedbittervenomouspoisonousmordantacidacerbicacrimoniousastringentcausticsharpscathinghostilerancorousmaliciousmalevolentevil-intentionedbalefulvindictivevengefulvitriolicspleneticmalignmalignantperniciousbiliousinformal:bitchycattyliterary:maleficmaleficentOpposite kindlygenerous

   Scrabble Points: 11

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     3

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • B

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   • E

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   • D

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