barbed — having barbs or sharp points; designed to hurt or wound
Part of speech: ADJECTIVE
Definition: having barbs or sharp points; designed to hurt or wound
Pronunciation (IPA): /bɑːrbd/
Korean meaning: 가시가 있는, 날카로운 끝이 있는; 상처를 주려는
Korean pronunciation: 바브드 (강세: 바브드)
Example Sentences
- My grandmother's barbed comments at family dinners could make a grown man cry.
- The prison was surrounded by high walls topped with barbed wire.
- His barbed sense of humor made him popular at roast parties.
barbed
ADJECTIVE//bɑːrbd//
having barbs or sharp points; designed to hurt or wound
💡 Concept
Sharp barbs on wire fence
🎵 Rhyme
Once absorbed in reading, now disturbed by barbed wire!
🎤Pronunciation
🇺🇸 US/bɑːrbd/
🇬🇧 UK/bɑːbd/
🌳Etymology
Rootbarb
Suffix--ed
Origin
중세 영어 'barbe'에서 유래하여, 라틴어 'barba(수염)'에서 왔습니다. 수염처럼 뾰족하게 튀어나온 모양에서 '가시'라는 의미가 발전했죠.
🎵Rhyme
absorbeddisturbedperturbed
absorbed
disturbed
perturbed
🔗Collocations
barbed wire
barbed comment
barbed criticism
barbed hook
barbed remark
barbed tongue
📝Examples
😄 Fun example
“My grandmother's barbed comments at family dinners could make a grown man cry.”
“The prison was surrounded by high walls topped with barbed wire.”
😄 Fun example
“His barbed sense of humor made him popular at roast parties.”
“The fish struggled against the barbed hook.”
📚Related Words
Synonyms
sharppointedspikycuttingcaustic
Antonyms
smoothkindgentle
Related
thornspikepricklysarcasticwire
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