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
Though the nails photographed here are long and pointy, the color would work just as well on shorter lengths.
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Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 20 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, Lisa Aiken, Vogue’s own executive fashion director, stayed true to her signatures, opting for a sleek leather funnel-neck jacket from Khaite, light-wash jeans, and pointy black boots.
—Minty Mellon, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2026
Just about every tulip bulb has a pointy end; plant the bulb with that end up.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2026
The pointy toe and kitten heel give these booties an elegant shape while still being practical enough to saunter around the streets of Paris without needing to order an Uber to get to dinner.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
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Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 20 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, Lisa Aiken, Vogue’s own executive fashion director, stayed true to her signatures, opting for a sleek leather funnel-neck jacket from Khaite, light-wash jeans, and pointy black boots.
—Minty Mellon, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2026
Just about every tulip bulb has a pointy end; plant the bulb with that end up.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2026
The pointy toe and kitten heel give these booties an elegant shape while still being practical enough to saunter around the streets of Paris without needing to order an Uber to get to dinner.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pointy
Adjective
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The pointed accusation ratchets up a turf war between the two carriers, which have both announced expansion plans at O’Hare, the busiest US airport in 2025 by total takeoffs and landings.—
Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Some early designs featured a more pointed nose, while others depicted longer limbs.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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His arrest in March 2025 triggered a sharp selloff, which prompted Turkish authorities to raise interest rates and burn through billions of dollars in foreign currency reserves to stabilize the lira.—
Beril Akman,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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Jared Wright skated it down and turned back a slick pass for Laughton, whose whirling, sharp-angle bid beat Dobeš improbably to the far side.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
8 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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My grandmother started working at the age of 12 years old in a linen factory in Belfast, traveling through barbed wire and barricades every day, not to school but to a job to support her family.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Feb. 2026
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My parents were just children when they were wrested from their homes into tarpaper barracks surrounded by barbed wire.—
Julie Morita,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Pointy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pointy. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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