barbed

(verb) provide with barbs. Synonyms: barb. Example: "Barbed wire."

(adj) capable of wounding. Synonyms: biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious. Examples: "A barbed compliment." "A biting aphorism." "Pungent satire."

(adj) having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.. Synonyms: barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny. Examples: "A horse with a short bristly mane." "Bristly shrubs." "Burred fruits." "Setaceous whiskers."