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poignant
[ poin-yuhnt, poi-nuhnt ]
poignant
/ -nənt; ˈpɔɪnjənt /
adjective
- sharply distressing or painful to the feelings
- to the point; cutting or piercing
poignant wit
- keen or pertinent in mental appeal
a poignant subject
- pungent in smell
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Derived Forms
- ˈpoignantly, adverb
- ˈpoignancy, noun
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Other Words From
- poignant·ly adverb
- un·poignant adjective
- un·poignant·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of poignant1
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Example Sentences
It was poignant, and we so wanted to leave and be out there.
All of which makes David Freeman's portrait of Hitchcock in his final days all the more poignant.
But Billy Childs absolutely delivers the goods in this poignant collection of Laura Nyro songs.
And as a writer and actor on The Mack, he made that film feel both more desperate and more poignant.
“Three is a Magic Number” becomes stunningly poignant to any couple that welcomes its first child.
In that poignant moment of self-revelation Tom's cumbersome machinery of intuition did not fail him.
The most poignant test, however, came when port was reached and the scented land-wind met his nostrils with the—Spring.
Octavie felt as if she had passed into a stage of existence which was like a dream, more poignant and real than life.
This immediate, poignant grief stung them bitterly and prevented for the moment any thought of what the future might hold.
The edge of her wit had become poignant, her speech rendered logical and allusive.
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