barbed

adjectives

capable of wounding

"a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"

barbed, biting, mordacious, nipping, pungent

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"

barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny