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1. Having an end that tapers to a point: acicular, aciculate, aciculated, acuminate, acute, cuspate, cuspated, cuspidate, cuspidated, mucronate, pointy, sharp. See sharp/dull.
2. Readily attracting notice: arresting, bold, conspicuous, eye-catching, marked, noticeable, observable, outstanding, prominent, pronounced, remarkable, salient, signal, striking. Idioms: sticking out like a sore thumb. See see/not see.

adj

Definition: having a sharp end or part
Antonyms: blunt, dull

adj

Definition: penetrating, biting
Antonyms: calming, mild, nice, soothing

1. Rough masonry finish made by a pick or pointing tool, with a picked face (i.e. with only the coarsest projections removed) also called pecking.

2. Type of arch.

3. With a capital P, ‘Pointed’ refers to the Gothic style, divided into First, Middle, Second, and Third Pointed, the last most commonly called Perpendicular in England.

4. Brickwork or masonry the joints of which have been raked out and pointed with mortar. See also brick.

IN BRIEF: adj. - Having a sharp end; Directed; Direct and obvious in meaning or reference.

Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. — Nelson Mandela, Source: Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela Tag: The International Bestseller, Page: 391

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• Demanding, Critical, Calculating, or Selfish

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - spids, skarp, demonstrativ, markant

Nederlands (Dutch)
puntig, scherp, gericht, relevant

Français (French)
adj. - pointu, en pointe, en ogive, qui vise qn (une remarque)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - spitz, betont, deutlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - οξύληκτος, μυτερός, αιχμηρός, (για παρατήρηση κ.λπ.) δηκτικός, τσουχτερός

Italiano (Italian)
appuntato, diretto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - pontudo, agudo, preciso, acentuado

Русский (Russian)
заостренный, едкий, точный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - agudo, afilado, puntiagudo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - spetsig, skarp, bitande, avsiktlig, precis

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
尖的, 率直的, 锐利的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 尖的, 率直的, 銳利的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 뾰족한, (말씨가) 매서운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 尖った, 当てこすりの, 鋭い, 痛烈な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) محدد, مسنن, مستدق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מחודד, חד, שנון, מכוון, הפגנתי, מופגן, חריף‬

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