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Unkind As Criticism Crossword Clue

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199%6Exact Match!
223%11Unkind
323%5 Very unkind

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "BARBED" which means:

    adjective satellite
  • • Capable of wounding
  • • Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
  • 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.
  • adjective
  • • 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.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "He wore a barbed wire bracelet around his wrist."
  • • "The cat's fur had tiny barbed hairs that stuck to everything."

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New York Times04 Nov 2018 Down 56
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