Words and phrases that have a meaning related to barbs: (141 results)
Often used in the same context:
gibes, insults, jibes, jabs, zingers, salvos, wisecracks, potshots, sniping, invective, brickbats, broadsides, quips, tirades, taunts, vitriol, criticisms, banter, spats, witticisms, diatribes, ribbing, ripostes, rebukes, razzing, unpleasantries, slights, jokes, jeers, carping, repartee, slurs, blows, haymakers, epithets, caustic, zings, missives, venom, pleasantries, needling, retorts, profanities, bons mots, rants, savaging, heckles, rancor, liners, scorn, flak, swipes, derision, accusations, inanities, bashing, sneers, mudslinging, huzzahs, punches, scoldings, ire, vituperation, brouhahas, glares, tussles, catcalls, hecklers, daggers, pillorying, badinage, smirks, hatchet, acrimony, gripes, diss, catty, putdown, jests, nastiness, obscenities, snarky, ridicule, yuks, foibles, posturing, spitballs, bickering, glances, denunciations, critique, aspersions, bluster, harangue, fulminations, flack, platitudes, chiding, licks, negativity, jocularity, testy, barb, spines, thorns, prickles, denticles, hairs, prongs, hooks, needles, slips, spirals, notches, serrations, spicules, spikes, arrows, darts, indentations
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Also try:., barb, barbed, barbed wire, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, gig, prickly, retrorse, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny, unarmed, vane, web
— Adjectives for barbs: sharp, few, small, little, long, verbal, pointed, sharpest, tiny, satirical, several, more...
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