barbative

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Harshly critical or blunt; sarcastic.
    — Most of the time he lay among the shadows, left the conversation to his elders. Except for those sudden, uncannily prescient, occasionally barbative, remarks. Uttered quietly but firmly.

词形变化

more barbative comparative most barbative superlative

词源

Possibly a blend of barb, in the sense of "a cutting remark" and rebarbative (“repellent, irritating”).
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