Meaning

1 senses

  1. (uncountable, usually)The quality of being poignant.

    Schärfe, Schmerzlichkeit

    a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)

Translations

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By meaning 1
the quality of being poignant:

Forms

plural: poignancies
Singularpoignancy

uncountable

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow):pathos
  • a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow:poignance

Word family

1 related words
Relatedpoignant

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
poeticpoetryB1pogrompoignantpointA1
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