poignant

1. Neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant.

   A poignant reply will garner more credence than hours of blown smoke.

   treffend, zutreffend, relevant

2. Evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress; emotionally moving.

   Flipping through his high school yearbook evoked many a poignant memory of yesteryear.

   ergreifend, packend, eindringlich

   проникновенныйproniknovennyj

3. (figuratively)Piquant, pungent.

   stechend, streng, pikant

   ре́зкий

4. (figuratively)Incisive; penetrating; piercing.

   His comments were poignant and witty.

   schneidend, eindringend, spitz

   прони́зывающийpronízyvajuščij, прони́зывающийpronízyvajuščij

5. (UK, dated)Inducing sharp physical pain.

   schmerzlich, schmerzhaft

6. (obsolete, usually)Sharp-pointed; keen.

   spitz, zugespitzt

   о́стрыйóstryj

1. The poignant ending of the movie made all of us cry.

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2. I discovered a documentary on journalism in conflict zones, it was poignant.

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3. The incident was so poignant.

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4. The eating of delicious food is one of the most intense and poignant pleasures of life.

   deDer Verzehr eines wohlschmeckenden Essens ist eines der intensivsten und genussvollsten Vergnügen des Lebens.

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5. Garrulous as he may have been, that old philosopher made some very poignant arguments about economics and society.

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