Barbed has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
simple past tense and past participle of barb
capable of wounding
"a barbed compliment"
"a biting aphorism"
"pungent satire"
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"
Having barbs