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Pointed
| Pointed Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Pointed?
[adj] direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant; "a pointed critique"; "a pointed allusion to what was going on"; "another pointed look in their direction"
[adj] having a point
[adj] having the foot stretched out in line with the leg and the toes forming a point; "keep the legs straight and the toes pointed"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pointed: acanthoid |
acanthous |
acerate |
acerose |
acicular |
acuate |
acuminate |
acute |
apiculate |
arrow-shaped |
barreled |
barrelled |
bladelike |
cigar-shaped |
direct |
ensiform |
fusiform |
hastate |
lancelike |
lanceolate |
needlelike |
needle-shaped |
nibbed |
peaked |
pyramidal |
pyramidic |
pyramidical |
sagittate |
sagittiform |
sharp |
sharpened |
spearhead-shaped |
spiked |
spikelike |
spindle-shaped |
spinous |
swordlike |
sword-shaped |
tapered |
tapering |
tiptoe
Related Terms | Find terms related to Pointed: abbreviated |
abridged |
acanthoid |
acanthous |
accented |
accentuated |
acicular |
aciform |
acuate |
aculeate |
aculeiform |
acuminate |
acute |
akimbo |
allegorical |
angular |
aphoristic |
apiculate |
aposiopestic |
arresting |
associational |
Attic |
axiomatic |
barbed |
bent |
biting |
brief |
brilliant |
brusque |
clever |
clipped |
close |
compact |
compendious |
compressed |
concise |
condensed |
connotational |
connotative |
conspicuous |
contracted |
cornered |
cornuted |
crisp |
crooked |
crotched |
curt |
cusped |
cuspidate |
cut |
cutting |
decided |
definable |
denotational |
denotative |
docked |
droll |
elliptic |
emphasized |
emphatic |
epigrammatic |
expressive |
extended |
extensional |
facetious |
figurative |
forceful |
forcible |
forked |
formulaic |
formulistic |
full of meaning |
full of point |
full of substance |
funny |
furcal |
furcate |
geniculate |
geniculated |
gnomic |
hebetate |
hispid |
hooked |
horned |
horny |
humorous |
humorsome |
in red letters |
incisive |
indicative |
intelligible |
intensional |
interpretable |
italicized |
jagged |
jesting |
jocose |
jocular |
joking |
joky |
joshing |
keen |
keen-witted |
knee-shaped |
laconic |
marked |
meaning |
meaningful |
meaty |
metaphorical |
mordant |
mucronate |
muricate |
needle-pointed |
needle-sharp |
nimble-witted |
outstanding |
peaked |
peaky |
penetrating |
piercing |
pithy |
platitudinous |
pointy |
positive |
pregnant |
prominent |
pronged |
proverbial |
pruned |
punctuated |
pungent |
quick-witted |
rapier-like |
readable |
referential |
remarkable |
reserved |
salient |
salt |
salty |
sawtooth |
saw-toothed |
scintillating |
sententious |
serrate |
serrated |
sharp |
sharp-cornered |
sharp-pointed |
short |
short and sweet |
shortened |
signal |
significant |
significative |
smart |
sparkling |
Spartan |
spiculate |
spiked |
spiky |
spined |
spinous |
spiny |
sprightly |
starred |
stressed |
striking |
substantial |
succinct |
suggestive |
summary |
symbolic |
synopsized |
taciturn |
tapered |
tapering |
telling |
terse |
tight |
tined |
to the point |
toothed |
transferred |
trenchant |
truncated |
unbated |
underlined |
underscored |
unmistakable |
V-shaped |
whimsical |
witty |
Y-shaped |
zigzag
See Also | angular |
angulate
Pointed In Webster's Dictionary
\Point"ed\, a.
1. Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock.
2. Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of
expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a
particular person or thing.
His moral pleases, not his pointed wit. --Pope.
{Pointed arch} (Arch.), an arch with a pointed crown.
{Pointed style} (Arch.), a name given to that style of
architecture in which the pointed arch is the predominant
feature; -- more commonly called {Gothic}. --
{Point"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Point"ed*ness}, n.
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