pointed
adjective
[ ˈpɔɪntɪd ]
• having a sharpened or tapered tip or end.
• "his face tapers to a pointed chin"
Similar:
sharp,
spearlike,
needle-like,
spear-shaped,
V-shaped,
tapering,
tapered,
cone-shaped,
conic,
conical,
acute,
sharp-cornered,
wedge-shaped,
sharp-edged,
edged,
jagged,
spiky,
spiked,
barbed,
pointy,
acicular,
lanceolate,
acuminate,
subulate,
mucronate,
aculeate,
cuspidate,
cusped,
conoid,
• (of a remark or look) expressing criticism in a direct and unambiguous way.
• "pointed comments were made about racial discrimination within the army"
Similar:
cutting,
trenchant,
biting,
incisive,
acid,
acerbic,
tart,
caustic,
scathing,
mordant,
razor-edged,
venomed,
venomous,
piercing,
penetrating,
snarky,
acidulous,
mordacious,
point
verb
• direct someone's attention towards something by extending one's finger or something held in one's hand.
• "the lads were nudging each other and pointing at me"
• give force or emphasis to (words or actions).
• "he wouldn't miss the opportunity to point a moral"
• extend (the toes or feet) in line with the leg by tensing the foot and ankle in such a way as to form a point.
• "reach up with your arms and point your toes"
• fill the joints of (brickwork or masonry) with smoothly finished mortar.
• "the bricks have been poorly pointed"
• give a sharp, tapered point to.
• "he twisted and pointed his moustache"
• insert points in (written text of Semitic languages).
Origin:
Middle English: the noun partly from Old French point, from Latin punctum ‘something that is pricked’, giving rise to the senses ‘unit, mark, point in space or time’; partly from Old French pointe, from Latin puncta ‘pricking’, giving rise to the senses ‘sharp tip, promontory’. The verb is from Old French pointer, and in some senses from the English noun.
