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(adj) barbellate, thorny, setaceous, setose, spiny, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly
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
(adj) nipping, mordacious, biting, pungent
capable of wounding
a barbed compliment; a biting aphorism; pungent satire