ARISTATE Synonyms

• (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point

• make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point

• having awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses

• pointed like bristles

• very irritable

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• relating to or resembling a cone

• having cusps or points

• narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves

• somewhat ill or prone to illness

• having or rising to a peak

• having a point

• direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant

• keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point

• having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing

• (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone

• a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named

• a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point

• changing suddenly in direction and degree

• (of something seen or heard) clearly defined

• ending in a sharp point

• having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

• marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

• harsh

• having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones

• dangerously steep

• very sudden and in great amount or degree

• quick and forceful

• having or as if having especially high-pitched spots

• the act of gradually lowering the size or amount

• becoming gradually narrower

• gradually decreasing until little remains