| Main Entry: | barbed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cutting |
Synonyms: |
biting, hurtful, piercing, pointed, sharp, spiked, stinging, wounding |
Antonyms: |
complimentary, flattering |
| Main Entry: | cutting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty, hateful |
Synonyms: |
acerbic, acid, acrimonious, barbed, biting, bitter, caustic, clear-cut, crisp, hurtful, incisive, ingoing, malicious, penetrating, piercing, pointed, probing, raw, sarcastic, sardonic, scathing, severe, sharp, stinging, trenchant, wounding |
Antonyms: |
kind, nice, pleasant |
| Main Entry: | jagged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ragged, notched |
Synonyms: |
asperous, barbed, broken, cleft, craggy, denticulate, harsh, indented, irregular, pointed, ridged, rough, rugged, scabrous, serrated, snaggy, spiked, toothed, uneven, unlevel, unsmooth |
Antonyms: |
even, smooth |
| Main Entry: | pointed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having a sharp end or part |
Synonyms: |
acicular, aciculate, acuminate, acuminous, acute, arrowlike, barbed, cornered, cuspidate, edged, fine, keen, mucronate, peaked, piked, pointy, pronged, sagittal, sagittate, sharp, sharp-cornered, spiked |
Antonyms: |
blunt, dull |
| Main Entry: | pointed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | penetrating, biting |
Synonyms: |
accurate, acid, acute, barbed, boiled down, calling a spade a spade, cutting, in a nutshell, incisive, insinuating, keen, laid on the line, legit, meaty, on the button, on the nose, pertinent, pregnant, right to it, right-on, sarcastic, sharp, short-and-sweet, tart, telling, trenchant |
Antonyms: |
calming, mild, nice, soothing |
| Main Entry: | prickly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thorny or difficult |
Synonyms: |
annoying, barbed, bothersome, brambly, briery, bristly, complicated, echinated, intricate, involved, knotty, nettlesome, pointed, sharp, spiny, stimulating, ticklish, tricky, troublesome, trying |
Antonyms: |
smooth |
| Main Entry: | pungent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sharp, stinging in speech |
Synonyms: |
acrimonious, acute, barbed, biting, bitter, caustic, cutting, exciting, hot, incisive, keen, mordant, penetrating, peppery, piercing, poignant, pointed, provocative, racy, salt, salty, sarcastic, scathing, snappy, spicy, stimulating, stringent, telling, trenchant, zesty |
| Notes: | having a sharp taste is pungent and having a pleasingly sharp taste is piquant; pungent first meant 'keenly painful or distressing' |
Antonyms: |
dull, mild |
| Main Entry: | sharp |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knifelike, cutting |
Synonyms: |
aciculate, acuate, acuminate, acuminous, acute, apical, barbed, briery, cuspate, cuspidate, edged, fine, ground fine, honed, horned, jagged, keen, keen-edged, knife-edged, needle-pointed, needlelike, peaked, pointed, pointy, prickly, pronged, razor-sharp, salient, serrated, sharp-edged, sharpened, spiked, spiky, spiny, splintery, stinging, tapered, tapering, thorny, tined, tipped, unblunted, whetted |
Antonyms: |
blunt, dull |
| Main Entry: | sharp |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hurtful, bitter in speech |
Synonyms: |
acrimonious, angry, barbed, biting, caustic, cutting, double-edged, harsh, incisive, inconsiderate, penetrating, peppery, piercing, pointed, pungent, sarcastic, sardonic, scathing, severe, short, stabbing, stinging, tart, thoughtless, trenchant, unceremonious, ungracious, virulent, vitriolic |
Antonyms: |
benevolent, kind, nice |
| Main Entry: | spiteful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hurtful, nasty |
Synonyms: |
accidentally on purpose, angry, barbed, catty, cruel, cussed, despiteful, dirty, evil, hateful, ill-disposed, ill-natured, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, ornery*, rancorous, snide, spleenful, splenetic, venomous, vicious, vindictive, waspish, wicked |
Antonyms: |
affectionate, forgiving, helpful, loving, pleasing |