English-Thai Dictionary

pointed

ADJ ซึ่ง พูด ตรงๆ  อย่าง ไม่ ค่อย สุภาพ  caustic tart sueng-phud-yrong-beab-mai-ko-su-pab

 

pointed

ADJ แหลมคม  แหลม  คมกริบ  ซึ่ง มี ปลาย แหลม  fine spiked sharp leam-kom

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

POINTED

pp. Sharpened; formed to a point; directed; aimed. 1. Aimed at a particular person or transaction.
2. a. Sharp; having a sharp point; as a pointed rock.
3. Epigrammatical; abounding in conceits or lively turns; as pointed wit.

 

POINTEDLY

adv. In a pointed manner; with lively turns of thought or expression. He often wrote too pointedly for his subject.
1. With direct assertion; with direct reference to a subject; with explicitness; as, he declared pointedly he would accede to the proposition.

 

POINTEDNESS

n.Sharpness; pickedness with asperity. 1. Epigrammatical keenness or smartness.
In this you excel Horace, that you add pointedness of thought.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

POINTED

POINTED Point "ed, a.

 

1. Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock.

 

2. Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing. His moral pleases, not his pointed wit. Pope. Pointed arch (Arch. ), an arch with a pointed crown. -- Pointed style (Arch. ), a name given to that style of architecture in which the pointed arch is the predominant feature; -- more commonly called Gothic. -- Point "ed *ly, adv. -- Point "ed *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pointed

point ed |ˈpointid pɔɪn (t )ɪd | ▶adjective 1 having a sharpened or tapered tip or end: his face tapers to a pointed chin. 2 (of a remark or look ) expressing criticism in a direct and unambiguous way: pointed comments were made about racial discrimination within the army. DERIVATIVES point ed ly adverb pointed ( sense 2 ), point ed ness noun

 

pointed arch

point ed arch ▶noun an arch with a pointed crown, characteristic of Gothic architecture.

 

Oxford Dictionary

pointed

pointed |ˈpɔɪntɪd | ▶adjective 1 having a sharpened or tapered tip or end: his face tapers to a pointed chin. 2 (of a remark or look ) expressing criticism in a direct and unambiguous way. DERIVATIVES pointedly adverb pointed ( sense 2 ), pointedness noun

 

pointed arch

point ed arch ▶noun an arch with a pointed crown, characteristic of Gothic architecture.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

pointed

pointed adjective 1 a pointed stick: sharp, tapering, tapered, conical, jagged, spiky, spiked, barbed; informal pointy. 2 a pointed remark: cutting, trenchant, biting, incisive, acerbic, caustic, scathing, venomous, sarcastic; informal snarky.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

pointed

pointed adjective 1 the pointed end of the stick: sharp, spear-like, needle-like, spear-shaped, V-shaped, tapering, tapered, cone-shaped, conic, conical, acute, sharp-cornered, wedge-shaped, sharp-edged, edged, jagged, spiky, spiked, barbed; informal pointy; technical acicular, lanceolate, acuminate, subulate, mucronate, aculeate; rare cuspidate, cusped, conoid. 2 a pointed remark: cutting, trenchant, biting, incisive, acid, acerbic, tart, caustic, scathing, mordant, razor-edged, venomed, venomous, piercing, penetrating; N. Amer. informal snarky; rare acidulous, mordacious.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pointed

point ed /pɔ́ɪntɪd /→point 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〖名詞 の前で 〗(先の )とがった , 鋭い ▸ sharp, pointed dog teeth するどい犬歯 .2 〖名詞 の前で 〗辛辣 （しんらつ ）な , 鋭い 〈意見 見解 信念 〉 (!否定的な意見 見解を述べる際に用いる ) ▸ a pointed comment [look ]鋭いコメント [目つき ].3 〈言葉などが 〉 (特定の人に )向けられた , 当てつけた .4 目立った , 強調された ; 明らかな .～ly 副詞 鋭く, 辛辣に ; あからさまに .～ness 名詞