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pointed

 adjective
     
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point‧ed [usually before noun]
1CF having a point at the end:
a pointed beard
2

a pointed question/look/remark

a direct question, look etc that deliberately shows that you are annoyed, bored, or disapprove of something:
a pointed remark about my being late
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