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pointed

/'pɔɪntɪd/

Synonyms of pointed Antonyms of pointed Examples of pointed Usage of pointed Parts of pointed Definition that contains pointed Words sounding like pointed Explanation of pointed

adjective
direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant
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"a pointed critique" "a pointed allusion to what was going on" "another pointed look in their direction"

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direct
adjective
having a point
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Similar:

barreled barrelled bristle-pointed cigar-shaped five-pointed fusiform needlelike nibbed peaked pyramidal pyramidic pyramidical sharp sharpened six-pointed spiked spikelike spindle-shaped acanthoid spinous acanthous acuate acute

Opposite:

pointless

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