Related Words for barbs

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shaft
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Noun, Noun
dig
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Noun, Noun
shot
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Noun, Noun
slam
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Noun, Noun
jibe
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Noun, Noun
insults
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Noun
jabs
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Noun
sniping
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Noun
invective
x/x
Noun
broadsides
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Noun
quips
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Noun
tirades
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Noun
taunts
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Noun
vitriol
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Noun
criticisms
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Noun
banter
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Noun
spats
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Noun
diatribes
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Noun
ribbing
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Noun
rebukes
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Noun
slights
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Noun
jokes
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Noun
jeers
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Noun
repartee
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Noun
slurs
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Noun
blows
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Noun
epithets
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Noun
caustic
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Noun
missives
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Noun
venom
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Noun
pleasantries
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Noun
needles
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Noun, Adjective
retorts
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Noun
rants
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Noun
rancor
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Noun
liners
/x
Noun
scorn
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Noun
flak
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Noun
swipes
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Noun
derision
x/x
Noun
accusations
xx/x
Noun
bashing
/x
Noun
sneers
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Noun
punches
/x
Noun
ire
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Noun
glares
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Noun
daggers
/x
Noun
smirks
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Noun
hatchet
/x
Noun
acrimony
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Noun
diss
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Noun
catty
/x
Noun
jests
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Noun
nastiness
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Noun
obscenities
x/xx
Noun
ridicule
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Noun
foibles
/x
Noun
posturing
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Noun
bickering
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Noun
glances
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Noun
denunciations
xxx/x
Noun
critique
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Noun
aspersions
x/x
Noun
bluster
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Noun
harangue
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Noun
flack
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Noun
platitudes
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Noun
licks
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Noun
negativity
xx/xx
Noun
testy
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Noun
stingray
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Adjective
arrowheads
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Noun
hooks
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Noun
feathers
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Noun
sharpest
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Adjective
puncturing
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Verb
recurved
x/
Adjective
tang
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Noun
satiric
x/x
Adjective
spines
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Noun
thorns
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Noun
stinging
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Adjective
satirical
x/xx
Adjective
sarcastic
x/x
Adjective
tuft
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Noun
sarcasm
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Noun
spears
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Noun
spikes
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Noun
hurl
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Verb
arrows
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Noun
venomous
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Adjective
satire
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Noun
downy
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Adjective
points
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Noun
sardonic
x/x
Adjective
targets
/x
Noun
witty
/x
Adjective
butt
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Noun
wire
/x
Noun
tips
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Noun
poisoned
/x
Verb
traded
/x
Verb
aims
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Verb
exchanging
x/x
Verb
fence
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Noun
poisonous
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Adjective
rows
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Noun
blades
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Noun
wit
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Noun
tossing
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Verb
veiled
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Adjective
studded
/x
Verb
stem
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Noun
arabs
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Name
irony
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Noun
protruding
x/x
Verb
critics
/x
Noun
humorous
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Adjective
ironic
x/x
Adjective
rusty
/x
Adjective
tempered
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Verb
cruel
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Adjective
verbal
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Adjective
armed
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Verb
directs
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Verb
carved
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Adjective
tore
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Verb
pierced
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Verb
vicious
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Adjective
tiny
/x
Adjective
edges
/x
Noun
spared
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Verb
projecting
x/x
Verb
pairs
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Noun
allegations
xx/x
Noun
charges
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Noun
cobweb
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Noun
darts
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Noun
hairs
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Noun
indentations
xx/x
Noun
notches
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Noun
pins
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Noun
prickles
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Noun
prongs
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Noun
slips
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Noun
spicules
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Noun
spirals
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Noun