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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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barbed

/bɑːbd/

US pronunciation
American sound/bɑːbd/
barbed
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Open ah vowel
Ending
Past ending sound

bar - bed -> barbed

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ဆူးထစ်ပါသော။ နာကြည်းစေသော။

Full entry

barb /bɒ:b/ n

၁။ ငါးမျှားချိတ်၊ မြားဦး စသည်ရှိ ဆူးထစ်။ ❍ HOOK
၂။ မခံချိမခံသာ စကား။ Her barbs of sarcasm had clearly struck home.
❏ barbed adj
၁။ ဆူးထစ်ပါသော။ a barbed hook.
၂။ နာကြည်းစေသော။ barbed criticisms.
❏ barbed wire n [U] သံဆူးကြိုး။ a barbed wire fence to discourage intruders.

More examples
  • barb /bɒ:b/ n ၁။ ငါးမျှားချိတ်၊ မြားဦး စသည်ရှိ ဆူးထစ်။
Synonyms
gibe, insult, dig, taunt, cutting remark, sting, affront, arrow, bristle, criticism, cut, dart, hook, point, pointed comment, prickle, prong, quill, rebuff, sarcasm, scoff, shaft, sneer, spike, spine, spur, thistle, thorn, tip
Antonyms
compliment, kindness, praise
Cross references
gibeinsultdigtauntcutting remarkstingaffrontarrowbristlecriticismcutdarthookpointpointed commentprickleprongquillrebuffsarcasmscoffshaftsneerspikespinespurthistlethorn
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