Poignancy - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈpɔɪnjənsɪ|
Brit.
|ˈpɔɪnjənsɪ|
noun
- a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow
a moment of extraordinary poignancy
- a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow) (syn: pathos)Extra examples
...there was a poignancy to his wit that often left his targets smarting...
Those words have lost all the poignancy of their signification.
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