Related Words for barbed

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bristled
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Adjective, Verb
bristly
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Verb, Adjective
spiny
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Adjective, Adjective
thorny
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Adjective, Adjective
prickly
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Adjective, Adjective
pungent
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Adjective, Adjective
nipping
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Adjective, Noun
biting
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Noun, Adjective
armed
/
Adjective, Adjective
sarcastic
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
spiky
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Adjective
blunted
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Adjective
wire
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Noun
coiled
/
Adjective
serrated
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Adjective
jagged
/
Adjective
sardonic
x/x
Adjective
venomous
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Adjective
acerbic
x/x
Adjective
twisted
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Adjective
pierced
/
Verb
pithy
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Adjective
threaded
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Adjective
protruding
x/x
Verb
snide
/
Adjective
spears
/
Noun
satiric
x/x
Adjective
ribbed
/
Adjective
caustic
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Noun
knotted
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Verb
laced
/
Adjective
sinuous
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Adjective
hooked
/
Adjective
jabbed
/
Verb
razor
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Noun
ridged
/
Adjective
lobbed
/
Verb
braided
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Adjective
hollow
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Noun
pointy
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Noun
gnarled
/
Adjective
sharp
/
Adjective
couched
/
Verb
curt
/
Noun
hypodermic
xx/x
Noun
curved
/
Adjective
veiled
/
Adjective
ribald
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Adjective
trenchant
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Adjective
perforated
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Adjective
jeweled
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Adjective
tangled
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Adjective
oblique
x/
Adjective
studded
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Adjective
barred
/
Verb
spiked
/
Adjective
horned
/
Adjective
furred
/
Adjective
pointed
/x
Verb
flagged
/
Adjective
toothed
/
Adjective
tufted
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Adjective
bladed
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Adjective
shaven
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Noun
bitter
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Adjective
spinous
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Noun
billed
/
Verb
beveled
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Adjective
beady
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Noun
haired
/
Adjective
jawed
/
Adjective
sharpened
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Adjective
grooved
/
Adjective
lobed
/
Adjective
hairy
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Adjective
bald
/
Noun
dentate
xx
Noun
winged
/
Adjective
clawed
/
Adjective
scarred
/
Adjective
beaked
/
Adjective
enclosures
x/x
Verb
broach
/
Noun
stinger
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Noun
congruent
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Noun
fences
/x
Noun
entanglements
x/xx
Noun
spearhead
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Noun
arrowhead
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Noun
barricades
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Noun
vert
/
Noun
javelins
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Noun
congruence
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Noun
strung
/
Noun
darts
/
Noun
prongs
/
Noun
quills
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Noun
steeds
/
Noun
arrows
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Noun
lances
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Noun
whips
/
Noun
stockade
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Noun
shafts
/
Noun
bent
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Noun, Adjective
complicated
/xxx
Adjective
contentious
x/x
Adjective
critical
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Adjective, Noun
decorated
/xxx
Adjective
delicate
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Adjective, Noun
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
forked
/
Adjective
recurved
x/
Adjective
sticking
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Noun
tipped
/
Adjective
topical
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Adjective, Noun
tricky
/x
Adjective
pigeon
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Noun, Verb
grape
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
butt
/
Noun, Verb
dicky
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Name, Adjective
pidgin
/x
Noun
bog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stonewall
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Name, Verb, Adjective
closet
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
salad
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Noun
daylight
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Noun, Verb
sfa
x
Name
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
maypole
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Noun, Verb
girly
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Adjective, Noun