Main entry: barbed, barbellate, thorny, setaceous, setose, spiny, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly
Definition: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
Usage: a horse with a short bristly mane; bristly shrubs; burred fruits; setaceous whiskers
Main entry: nipping, mordacious, biting, barbed, pungent
Definition: capable of wounding
Usage: a barbed compliment; a biting aphorism; pungent satire