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say it: POYN-tid
pointed is an adjective meaning "having a point". It is pronounced /ˈpɔɪntɪd/ — POYN-tid. It carries 2 recorded senses.
having a point
direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant
“a pointed critique”
“a pointed allusion to what was going on”
“another pointed look in their direction”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for pointed come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.