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Meaning of barbative | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Harshly critical or blunt; sarcastic.

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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