Barbed

//bɑː(ɹ)bd//

Synonyms for "barbed" (54 found)

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Closest matches (11)

acanthoid acanthous acicular acuate aculeate aculeiform acuminate acute barbellate bearded

Adjective(1 words)

barbellate

Strong matches (16)

Adjective(2 words)

bearded jaggered

Adjective(8 words)

biting briary briery bristled bristly burred burry mordacious

cornuted cusped cuspidate hispid horned horny

Related words (27)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

Synonyms

1 entries

barbellate

derived

5 entries

barbed wire barbedly barbedness nonbarbed unbarbed

form of

1 entries

barb

has context

1 entries

heraldry

related to

6 entries

barb barded bearded leaf petal rose

similar

3 entries

armed sarcastic

Translations

3 translations across 3 languages.

Cherokee

1 entries

ᏧᏣᏲᏍᏗ adj (having barbs)

Māori

1 entries

taratara adj (having barbs)

Persian

1 entries

خاردار adj (having barbs)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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The building is surrounded by a barbed wire fence.

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Tom crawled under the barbed wire.

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What do you get if you cross a hedgehog and a snake? Five feet of barbed wire.

Source: tatoeba (3603974)

My coat got caught on a barb on the barbed wire.

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