All the arguments pointed in the same direction.
Source: tatoeba (19985)
Pointed
//ˈpɔɪntɪd//
Synonyms for "pointed" (223 found)
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Closest matches (45)
Strong matches (67)
contractedcorneredcornutedcrispcrookedcrotchedcurtcuspedcuspidatecutcuttingdecideddefinabledenotationaldenotativedirectdockeddrollellipticelliptical
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emphasizedemphaticepigrammaticexpressiveextendedextensionalfacetiousfigurativefinefive pointedforcefulforcibleforkedformulaicformulisticfull of meaningfull of pointfull of substancefunnyfurcalfurcategeniculategeniculatedgnomichebetatehispidhookedhornedhornyhumoroushumorsomein red lettersincisiveindicativeintelligibleintensionalinterpretableitalicizedjaggedjestingjocosejocularjokingjokyjoshingkeenkeen-witted
Related words (111)
knee-shapedlaconiclivelymarkedmeaningmeaningfulmeatymetaphoricalmordantmucronatemuricateneedle-pointedneedle-sharpneedlelikenibbednimble wittednimble-wittednoticeableoutstandingpeaky
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penetratingpiercingpithyplatitudinouspoignantpositivepregnantprominentprongedproverbialprunedpunctuatedpungentpyramidicalquick wittedquick-wittedrapier-likereadablereferentialremarkablereservedsalientsaltsaltysaw toothedsaw-toothedsawtoothscintillatingsensationalsententiousserrateserratedsharpsharp-corneredsharp-pointedsharpenedshortshort and sweetshortenedsignalsignificantsignificativesix pointedsmartsparklingspartanspecialspiculatespikelikespikyspindle shapedspinedspinousspinysprightlystarredstressedstrikingsubstantialsuccinctsuggestivesummarysymbolicsymbolicalsynopsizedtaciturntaperedtaperingtellingtersetighttinedto the pointtoothedtransferredtrenchanttruncatedunbatedunderlinedunderscoredunmistakablev shapedv-shapedwhimsicalwittyy shapedy-shapedzigzag
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
13 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
40 entriesShowing 16 of 40 words.
Translations
42 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀκιδωτός adj (sharp at one end)
Armenian
2 entries- սուր adj (sharp at one end)
- սրածայր adj (sharp at one end)
Belarusian
1 entries- во́стры adj (sharp at one end)
Bulgarian
2 entries- изострен adj (sharp at one end)
- остър adj (sharp at one end)
Catalan
1 entries- punxegut adj (sharp at one end)
Finnish
4 entries- kärjekäs adj (sharp at one end)
- teroitettu adj (sharp at one end)
- terävä adj (sharp at one end)
- teräväkärkinen adj (sharp at one end)
French
1 entries- pointu adj (sharp at one end)
Georgian
1 entries- წვერიანი adj (sharp at one end)
Hungarian
3 entries- csúcsos adj (sharp at one end)
- hegyes adj (sharp at one end)
- éles adj (sharp at one end)
Ingrian
1 entries- terävä adj (sharp at one end)
Irish
1 entries- gobach adj (sharp at one end)
Italian
3 entries- aguzzo adj (sharp at one end)
- appuntito adj (sharp at one end)
- puntuto adj (sharp at one end)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- afiadu adj (sharp at one end)
- afióde adj (sharp at one end)
Kalmyk
1 entries- шовһр adj (sharp at one end)
Khmer
1 entries- ស្រួច adj (sharp at one end)
Norman
1 entries- pointu adj (sharp at one end)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- سیوری adj (sharp at one end)
Portuguese
2 entries- apontado adj (sharp at one end)
- pontudo adj (sharp at one end)
Russian
1 entries- заострённый adj (sharp at one end)
Sanskrit
1 entries- तिग्म adj (sharp at one end)
Sicilian
1 entries- puntutu adj (sharp at one end)
Spanish
4 entries- cortopunzante adj (sharp at one end)
- puntiagudo adj (sharp at one end)
- punzante adj (sharp at one end)
- punzocortante adj (sharp at one end)
Swedish
1 entries- spetsig adj (sharp at one end)
Thai
1 entries- แหลม adj (sharp at one end)
Turkish
1 entries- sivri adj (sharp at one end)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nhọn adj (sharp at one end)
Yiddish
2 entries- שאַרף adj (sharp at one end)
- שפּיציק adj (sharp at one end)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
At the meeting I pointed out the plan's merit.
Source: tatoeba (22541)
Mistakes in the printing should be pointed out at once.
Source: tatoeba (27157)
It is often pointed out that a vague smile is typical of the Japanese.
Source: tatoeba (28193)
Showing 4 of 18 available sentences.
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