The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BARBED
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More clues leading to the result BARBED
- Don’t allow a place to rest? Like unkind comments
- Unpleasant to live with poet around
- Stick on bottom, wounding
- Sharp boozer needs a place to sleep
- Hurtful obstacle followed by plot
- Malicious counterplot?
- Prickly part of garden below refreshment area
- Stop teacher getting sarcastic
- Place to sleep in back of pub is designed to hurt
- Sarcastic bachelor rebuffed Ms. Winger
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What does BARBED mean?
BARBED verb- To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
- To cover a horse in armor, corrupted from bard.
- To cut (hair).
- To shave or dress the beard of.
- To clip; to mow.
- Having barbs
- Bearded (also applied to roses, referring to the leaves between the petals).
- (of language, etc.) Deliberately hurtful; biting; caustic.
- (of a horse) Accoutered with defensive armor; barded.