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POINTED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant
Example:
another pointed look in their direction
Classified under:
Similar:
direct (straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action)
Derivation:
pointedness (the quality of being obviously directed at a particular person or thing)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having a point
Classified under:
Similar:
acanthoid; acanthous; spinous (shaped like a spine or thorn)
acuate; acute; needlelike; sharp (ending in a sharp point)
barreled; barrelled ((of an arrow) tapered toward both ends)
bristle-pointed (pointed like bristles)
five-pointed (having five points)
cigar-shaped; fusiform; spindle-shaped (tapering at each end)
nibbed ((used of pens) having a writing point or nib especially of a certain kind)
peaked (having or rising to a peak)
pyramidal; pyramidic; pyramidical (resembling a pyramid)
sharpened (having the point made sharp)
six-pointed (having six points)
spiked (having a long sharp point)
spikelike (resembling a spike)
Also:
sharp (having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing)
angular; angulate (having angles or an angular shape)
Antonym:
pointless (not having a point especially a sharp point)
Derivation:
pointedness (the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb point
Context examples:
To say “How do you do, Mr. Larkins? Are the young ladies and all the family quite well?” seems so pointed, that I blush.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
At the same moment Dr. Van Helsing and I rose behind the rock and pointed our weapons at them.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
At this sweeping rebuke, which the cook had only pointed, the rest of the crew became uninterested and fell to work at one task or another.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
He drew him to the fire and by its light pointed them out.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
You see all these isolated facts, together with many minor ones, all pointed in the same direction.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The red steps pointed towards us and led away from an inner room, the door of which was closed.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“How came Mr. Thorpe to know your father?” was her anxious inquiry, as she pointed them out to her companion.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
So great and unprepared a change pointed to madness; but in view of Lanyon’s manner and words, there must lie for it some deeper ground.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
She depended on the evil feelings of the Eltons for supplying all the discipline of pointed neglect that could be farther requisite.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
There was no one, therefore, who could be pointed out as likely to give any news of him.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
