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English

Pronunciation

enPR: poinʹtĭd, IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɪntɪd/, (US in fast speech) /ˈpɔɪnɪd/
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Verb

pointed

simple past and past participle of point

Adjective

pointed (comparative more pointed, superlative most pointed)

(comparable) Sharp, barbed; not dull.
The warrior brandished a pointed spear.
(in combination) Having a certain number of points.
a five-pointed star
(comparable) Having a relevance to the matter at hand: pertinent, relevant.
(not comparable) In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities.
The Siamese is a pointed breed of cat.
(comparable, of a comment or inference) Directed negatively at a person or topic.
a pointed remark
- 1863 February 21, “Important from Washington”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
  Attention has been called to the report in a New-York paper, which has been made the subject of pointed comment […]
  (Can we archive this URL?)
- 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 1 September 2025:
  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.
- 1910 September 3, “Taft Is Not Pleased by Roosevelt Plan”, in The New York Times‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
  President Taft to-day had a pointed comment for the "new nationalism" that his predecessor has been launching in the West.
  (Can we archive this URL?)
(topology, algebraic topology, 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.
(dated, of a time) precise, on the dot.
- 1942, “The Dover Boys at Pimento University” (1:53 from the start), in Chuck Jones, director, Merrie Melodies, spoken by Narrator:
  With their usual punctuality, the boys arrive at the pointed hour of three.

Synonyms

(sharp): pointy, sharp

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “sharp”): blunt

Derived terms

Translations

sharp at one end

Armenian: սրածայր (hy) (sracayr), սուր (hy) (sur)
Belarusian: во́стры (be) m (vóstry)
Bulgarian: остър (bg) (ostăr), изострен (bg) (izostren)
Catalan: punxegut
Czech: špičatý (cs), hrotitý (cs)
Finnish: terävä (fi), teroitettu (fi), teräväkärkinen (fi), kärjekäs
French: pointu (fr) m
Georgian: წვერიანი (c̣veriani)
German: spitz (de), spitzig (de)
Greek:
Ancient Greek: ἀκιδωτός (akidōtós)
Hindi: नुकीला (hi) (nukīlā)
Hungarian: hegyes (hu), csúcsos (hu), éles (hu)
Ingrian: terävä
Irish: gobach
Italian: appuntito (it), aguzzo (it), puntuto (it)
Kabuverdianu: afiadu, afióde
Kalmyk: шовһр (şovğr)
Khmer: ស្រួច (km) (sruǝc)
Māori: kikoha
Norman: pointu
Portuguese: pontudo (pt), apontado (pt)
Russian: заострённый (ru) sg or m (zaostrjónnyj)
Sanskrit: तिग्म (sa) (tigma)
Sicilian: puntutu
Spanish: puntiagudo (es), punzocortante, cortopunzante, punzante (es)
Swedish: spetsig (sv)
Thai: แหลม (th) (lɛ̌ɛm)
Turkish: sivri (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: سیوری (sivri)
Vietnamese: nhọn (vi)
Yiddish: שאַרף (sharf), שפּיציק (shpitsik)

of an arch, in architecture — see ogival

Anagrams

opted in, pitoned

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