as in pointed
tapering to a thin tip
wears high heels with very pointy toes even though they kill her feet
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Recent Examples of pointy
Hollington distilled this emblem of divine femininity into an image of legs clad in fishnets and pointy stilettos.
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Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, the Women of Today founder, 41, is wearing a pointy party hat and has her hands full with a candlelit cake.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
In that illustration, Glinda cups her hand to speak into Elphaba’s ear as the green witch smirks, her eyes covered by her pointy black hat.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
Dressed in their costumes—which often include pointy hats and billowing robes—the paddling witches and warlocks become striking silhouettes on the horizon.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
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Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, the Women of Today founder, 41, is wearing a pointy party hat and has her hands full with a candlelit cake.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
In that illustration, Glinda cups her hand to speak into Elphaba’s ear as the green witch smirks, her eyes covered by her pointy black hat.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
Dressed in their costumes—which often include pointy hats and billowing robes—the paddling witches and warlocks become striking silhouettes on the horizon.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pointy
Adjective
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But its maker insists the movie’s politically pointed portrait of our species’ self-destruction is, ultimately, hopeful.Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2024
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Ronald Rowe took pointed questions from both sides of the aisle about how the agency could have allowed a teen gunman to open fire on Trump, lightly wounding him and killing one of his supporters at a July campaign rally in Butler, Pa.Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Small business owners tend to lean Republican and the sharp increase in confidence had been widely anticipated by economists.Lucia Mutikani, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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The policy modestly increased subsidized enrollment in 2018 and 2019 after a sharp decline in 2017.Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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One woman applied a dolphin design to her face; one of the men in the group got a barbed wire design running across his neck; while the pick of the bunch saw another of the guys opt for an Illuminati-style pyramid tattoo on his forehead.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Under the glaring sun, people poured toward the notorious facility north of Damascus, as traffic stretched for miles and some left their cars to walk the last stretch uphill, past barbed wire fences and watchtowers.Clarissa Ward, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Pointy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pointy. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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