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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pointed |
| Synonyms: | acerate, acerose, acerous, aciculated, acuminate, acute, cuspated, cuspidated, mucronate, needle-shaped, pointy, sharp |
| Main Entry: | pointed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having a sharp end or part |
| Synonyms: | acicular, aciculate, acuminate, acuminous, acute, arrowlike, barbed, cornered, cuspidate, edged, fine, keen, mucronate, peaked, piked, pointy, pronged, sagittal, sagittate, sharp, sharp-cornered, spiked |
| Antonyms: | blunt, dull |
| Main Entry: | slender |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thin |
| Synonyms: | abstemious, acicular, aciculate, delicate, faint, feeble, fragile, frail, frugal, gracile, inconsiderable, lank, lanky, lean, lissome, lithe, lithesome, little, meager, minute, narrow, outside, plain, remote, scant, skinny, slight, slim, small, spare, spindling, svelte, tenuous, trim, trivial, weak, willowy, wiry, wispy |
| Antonyms: | fat, plump |
| Main Entry: | aciculate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pointed |
| Synonyms: | acerate, acerose, acicular, aciculated, acuminate, acute, cuspated, cuspidated, mucronate, needle-shaped, pointy, sharp |
| Main Entry: | aciculated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pointed |
| Synonyms: | acerate, acerose, acicular, aciculate, acuminate, acute, cuspated, cuspidated, mucronate, needle-shaped, pointy, sharp |
| Main Entry: | acuminate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pointed |
| Synonyms: | acicular, aciculated, acute, cuspated, cuspidated, edged, fine, mucronate, pointy, sharp, tapering |
| Main Entry: | mucronate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pointed |
| Synonyms: | acicular, aciculate, aciculated, acuminate, acuminous, acute, barbed, cornered, cuspate, cuspated, cuspidate, cuspidated, edged, fine, keen, peaked, piked, pointy, pronged, sharp, sharp-cornered, spiked |
| Main Entry: | pointy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pointed |
| Synonyms: | acicular, aciculate, aciculated, acuminate, acuminous, acute, barbed, cornered, cuspate, cuspated, cuspidate, cuspidated, edged, fine, keen, mucronate, peaked, piked, pronged, sharp, sharp-cornered, spiked |
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