barbed :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

adj. capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"

barbellate, briary, briery, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, spiny, thorny

adj. 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"

jeering, derisive, derisory, mocking

adj. abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'"

insulting, scornful, disdainful, contemptuous

adj. expressing extreme contempt

bitter, acrimonious, rancorous, resentful

adj. marked by strong resentment or cynicism; "an acrimonious dispute"; "bitter about the divorce"

corrosive, caustic, erosive, vitriolic

adj. of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

poignant

adj. keenly distressing to the mind or feelings; "poignant anxiety"

homespun, nubby, nubbly, slubbed, tweedy

adj. of textiles; having a rough surface; "a sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns"

bestubbled, stubbled, stubbly

adj. having a short growth of beard; "his stubbled chin"

sharp, acute, acuate

adj. ending in a sharp point

ironic, ironical

adj. characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is; "madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker"; "it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely"

mordant, saturnine, sardonic

adj. bitter or scornful; "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"- Oscar Wilde

satiric, satirical

adj. exposing human folly to ridicule; "a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine"

clawed, taloned

adj. of animals

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