Meaning of POINTED
| Pronunciation: | | 'poyntid
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | 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 |
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| | Antonyms: | | pointless, unpointed | | |
| | See Also: | | angular, angulate | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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