pointed en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- poinʹtĭd
- (US) audio
- /ˈpɔɪnɪd/ (US) in fast speech
- /ˈpɔɪntɪd/
Meanings
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(comparable) Sharp, barbed; not dull.
The warrior brandished a pointed spear.
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(in-compounds) Having a certain number of points.
a five-pointed star
- (comparable) Having a relevance to the matter at hand: pertinent, relevant.
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(not-comparable) In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities.
The Siamese is a pointed breed of cat.
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(comparable, of a comment or inference) Directed negatively at a person or topic.
President Taft to-day had a pointed comment for the "new nationalism" that his predecessor has been launching in the West.
1910 September 3, “Taft Is Not Pleased by Roosevelt Plan”, in The New York Times:Attention has been called to the report in a New-York paper, which has been made the subject of pointed comment […]
1863 February 21, “Important from Washington”, in The New York Times:After a harsh police crackdown last week fueled anger and swelled protests, President Dilma Rousseff, a former guerrilla who was imprisoned under the dictatorship and has now become the target of pointed criticism herself, tried to appease dissenters by embracing their cause on Tuesday.
2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Jun 2013:a pointed remark
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(of a topological space) That has a named, but otherwise arbitrary, point (called the basepoint) that remains unchanged during subsequent discussion and is kept track of during all operations.
The class of all pointed spaces forms a category - Top_• - with basepoint preserving continuous maps as morphisms.
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(dated, of a time) precise, on the dot.
With their usual punctuality, the boys arrive at the pointed hour of three.
1942, “The Dover Boys at Pimento University” (1:53 from the start), in Chuck Jones, director, Merrie Melodies, spoken by Narrator:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most pointed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more pointed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
blunt (antonym(s) of “sharp”)
Deriveds
Earth-pointed · sharp-pointed · bipointed · bullet-pointed · double-pointed needle · pointed cabbage · pointedness · well-pointed · tripointed · overpointed · pointedly · multipointed · unpointed
Synonyms
sharp (sharp) · pointy (sharp)
Translations (47)
scn puntutu (sharp at one end) · km ស្រួច (sharp at one end) · vi nhọn (sharp at one end) · ca punxegut (sharp at one end) · hy սրածայր (sharp at one end) · yi שפּיציק (sharp at one end) · pt apontado (sharp at one end) · it aguzzo (sharp at one end) · kea afióde (sharp at one end) · kea afiadu (sharp at one end) · es puntiagudo (sharp at one end) · de spitz (sharp at one end) · fi terävä (sharp at one end) · sv spetsig (sharp at one end) · hi नुकीला (sharp at one end) · hy սուր (sharp at one end) · cs špičatý (sharp at one end) · hu csúcsos (sharp at one end) · it appuntito (sharp at one end) · fi teräväkärkinen (sharp at one end) · sa तिग्म (sharp at one end) · hu éles (sharp at one end) · ru заострённый (sharp at one end) · th แหลม (sharp at one end) · pt pontudo (sharp at one end) · nrf pointu (sharp at one end) · es cortopunzante (sharp at one end) · yi שאַרף (sharp at one end) · bg остър (sharp at one end) · grc ἀκιδωτός (sharp at one end) · it puntuto (sharp at one end) · fi teroitettu (sharp at one end) · izh terävä (sharp at one end) · hu hegyes (sharp at one end) · ota سیوری (sharp at one end) · cs hrotitý (sharp at one end) · tr sivri (sharp at one end) · de spitzig (sharp at one end) · ga gobach (sharp at one end) · be во́стры (sharp at one end) · fr pointu (sharp at one end) · es punzante (sharp at one end) · ka წვერიანი (sharp at one end) · bg изострен (sharp at one end) · es punzocortante (sharp at one end) · xal шовһр (sharp at one end) · fi kärjekäs (sharp at one end)