From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbarbedbarbed /bɑːbd $ bɑːrbd/ adjective 1 PMWa barbed hook or arrow has one or more sharp curved points on it2 UNKINDa barbed remark is unkind a barbed comment on his appearance
Examples from the Corpus
barbed• She had a pair of batons with wickedly barbed ends. 