BARBED

• (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"

  synonyms : barbellate , briary , briery , bristled , bristly , burred , burry , prickly , setaceous , setose , spiny , thorny

• (adj.) capable of wounding

  "a barbed compliment", "a biting aphorism", "pungent satire"

  synonyms : biting , mordacious , nipping , pungent

  The Chief Minister drafted a pungent letter to the Traffic Control Department over the increasing incidents of traffic violations and accidents in the city. -added by naila_inlas

  His biting remarks disheartened her. -added by naila_inlas

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