Barbed tongue Synonyms

Definitions for Barbed


  • (adjective) marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings
  • (adjective) having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
  • (adjective) capable of wounding

Definitions for Tongue


  • (noun) the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication
  • (noun) a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
  • (noun) the tongue of certain animals used as meat