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adj. having a point

adj. pointedly referring to or concerning a person's individual personality or intimate affairs especially offensively; "unnecessarily personalized remarks"

barbed, biting, nipping, pungent

adj. capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"

cutting, incisive

adj. having a sharp edge: "the cutting edge"; "incisive teeth"

piercing, stabbing

adj. suitable for cutting or piercing; "incisive teeth"; "the piercing needle"

sharp, acute, keen, piercing, discriminating, incisive, penetrating, penetrative

adj. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"

jagged, jaggy, toothed, erose, notched

adj. having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed

individual, personal

adj. concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality; "a personal favor"; "for your personal use"; "personal papers"; "I have something personal to tell you"; "a personal God"; "he has his personal bank account and she has hers"

jeering, derisive, derisory, mocking

adj. abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'"

insulting, scornful, disdainful, contemptuous

adj. expressing extreme contempt

bitter, acrimonious, rancorous, resentful

adj. marked by strong resentment or cynicism; "an acrimonious dispute"; "bitter about the divorce"

corrosive, caustic, erosive, vitriolic

adj. of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

poignant

adj. keenly distressing to the mind or feelings; "poignant anxiety"

angular, angulate

adj. having angles or an angular shape

sharp

adj. having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing; "a sharp knife"; "a pencil with a sharp point"

individualized, personalized

adj. made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual; "personalized luggage"; "personalized advice"

in the flesh, in-person

adj. an appearance carried out personally in someone else's physical presence; "he carried out the negotiations in person"; "a personal appearance is an appearance by a person in the flesh"

person-to-person

adj. involving direct communication or contact between persons or parties; "a person-to-person interview"; "person-to-person telephone calls"

of our own, of their own, of her own, of his own, of one's own

adj. belonging completely to oneself: "a room of one's own"

own, ain

adj. belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive; "for your own use"; "do your own thing"; "she makes her own clothes"; "`ain' is Scottish"

ironic, ironical

adj. characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is; "madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker"; "it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely"

mordant, saturnine, sardonic

adj. bitter or scornful; "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"- Oscar Wilde

satiric, satirical

adj. exposing human folly to ridicule; "a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine"

pointless, unpointed

adj. not having a point especially a sharp point; "my pencils are all pointless"

snub, blunt, rounded

adj. having a broad or rounded end; "thick marks made by a blunt pencil"

unpointed

adj. not having a point especially a sharp point; "my pencils are all pointless"

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