barbed in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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  setose  setaceous  spiny  thorny 
   
2. capable of wounding
   "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
   barbed  biting  nipping  pungent  mordacious