How do you pronounce pointed?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɔɪnɪd/.

pointed

/ˈpɔɪnɪd/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.46 in modern English

Syllables: point-ed
IPA: /ˈpɔɪnɪd/

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Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of point

adj

Sharp, barbed; not dull.

adj

Having a certain number of points.

adj

Having a relevance to the matter at hand: pertinent, relevant.

adj

In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities.

adj

Directed negatively at a person or topic.

adj

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.

adj

precise, on the dot.

Dated

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."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈpɔɪnɪd/

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

more pointed (comparative) most pointed (superlative)

Derived Forms

bipointed multipointed overpointed pointedly pointedness tripointed unpointed

Phrases

bullet-pointed double-pointed needle Earth-pointed pointed cabbage sharp-pointed well-pointed

Synonyms

pointy sharp

Antonyms

blunt

Rhymes With

appointed disappointed anointed disjointed reappointed