Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having an end coming to a point.
- adj. Sharp; cutting: pointed criticism.
- adj. Obviously directed at or making reference to a particular person or thing: a pointed comment.
- adj. Clearly evident or conspicuous; marked: a pointed lack of interest.
- adj. Characterized by the use of a pointed crown, as in Gothic architecture: a pointed arch.
- adj. Having a rough finish produced by a pointed tool. Used of masonry.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Sharp; having a sharp point: as, a pointed rock.
- Aimed at or expressly intended for some particular person; directly applicable or applied; emphasized: as, a pointed remark.
- Epigrammatical; abounding in conceits or lively turns; piquant; sharp.
- In printing, pierced with points: said of a sheet of paper.
Wiktionary
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of point.
- adj. comparable Sharp, barbed; not dull.
- adj. not comparable In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities.
- adj. comparable Directed negatively at a person or topic.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Sharp; having a sharp point.
- adj. Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having a point
- adj. direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant
Examples
“Stefana said -- oh, I couldn't hear what Stefana said, but she pointed an 'pointed, an' I came lickety.”
“When Ms. Jane Gilman, fourth grade teacher at the Stewart School, purchased a jar opener marketed by "OXO" in New York City, she noted a problem with the product's directions - the directions read: turn the jar opener in a counter-clockwise direction, but the arrows on the label pointed in a clockwise direction.”
“And I try not to give them what I call pointed advice, but I give them information so that they can make a decision.”
“But – as Erin pointed out in another comment – we also get caught up in other things.”
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“On one such recent walk, Mr. Feinstein pointed to a dandelion growing at the edge of Buena Vista Park in San Francisco and explained, "To most people it's a weed, but that's my garden crop.”
“Craig responded, âNo! â I again pointed towards the exit.”
“What we did was take a map of the United States and then we went head and pin pointed the members of congress that merited our attention and then we looked at those that might be politically vulnerable," said Joe Wierzbicki, a strategist with the conservative PAC Our Country Deserves Better, who are organizing the cross country Tea Party Express tour.”
“But, as Durbin pointed out later in the letter, Crossroads GPS "has spent nearly $20 million on television advertising specific to Senate campaigns this year.”
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“As Ezra Klein pointed out in the Washington Post awhile back, this is a terrible idea.”
“Paulsen again pointed to history, saying the GDP growth of the past 25 years has been slower than most people realize, so that the current seemingly weak growth isn't actually that weak -- relatively speaking.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pointed’.
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shapes
words for shape
( randomness, visual. descriptive )triangular, conical, round, broad, congruous, hexagonal, globular, curved, oval, rectangular, parallel, crumpled and 142 more...
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Describing the Taste of Foods
yummy, zesty, piquant, pungent, sharp, spicy, poignant, delicious, ambrosial, appetizing, delectable, heavenly and 194 more...
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_mark's keywords ™
words that describe me or that i am focusing on.
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Go over
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TN5 Lesson 59
forgot, door, bell, ring, rang, awake, almost, physics, final, flunk, hard, pass and 25 more...
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More than Meets the Eye
Words that mean more than what I thought they do.
arch, husband, offices, swell, slight, jot, see, graft, plumb, hitch, psych, rake and 61 more...
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WookinPaNub's list
Words I should use more often but have trouble remembering
artifice, conurbation, priggish, reticent, mordant, subterfuge, pejorative, volitional, wagnerian, insouciant, dissolute, dissoluteness and 34 more...
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Short 'n Sweet
And not so sweet.
short and sweet, pithy, laconic, concise, brief, compact, curt, brass tacks, epigrammatic, short, pointed, honed and 31 more...
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I'm scared one day I'll say it, "I do...
heartbeats, tessellate, reinvent, collarbones, entangle, frightened, wrists, furniture, variations, unnoticed, astride, motion and 80 more...
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wookinpanub 1. Having an end coming to a point.
2. Sharp; cutting: pointed criticism.
3. Obviously directed at or making reference to a particular person or thing: a pointed comment.
4. Clearly evident or conspicuous; marked: a pointed lack of interest.
5. Characterized by the use of a pointed crown, as in Gothic architecture: a pointed arch.
6. Having a rough finish produced by a pointed tool. Used of masonry. Dec 31, 2008