Pointed

/ˈpɔɪntɪd/ · verb

Meaning

simple past and past participle of point.

Definitions by Sense

1. simple past and past participle of point
2. (comparable) Sharp, barbed; not dull.
3. (in combination) Having a certain number of points.
4. (comparable) Having a relevance to the matter at hand: pertinent, relevant.
5. (not comparable) In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities.
6. (comparable, of a comment or inference) Directed negatively at a person or topic.
7. (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.
8. (dated, of a time) precise, on the dot.

Example Sentences

The warrior brandished a pointed spear.

a five-pointed star

The Siamese is a pointed breed of cat.

a pointed remark

Attention has been called to the report in a New-York paper, which has been made the subject of pointed comment […]

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.

President Taft to-day had a pointed comment for the "new nationalism" that his predecessor has been launching in the West.

The class of all pointed spaces forms a category - Top_• - with basepoint preserving continuous maps as morphisms.

Synonyms for pointed

Antonyms for pointed

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Word Forms

• more pointed
• most pointed

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