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- pronunciation:
- poIn
y
nt
part of speech: |
adjective |
definition: |
deeply touching; arousing strong emotion, esp. sadness or sympathy; piercing; penetrating.
The scene in which the soldier comes home to his wife is the most poignant in the film.- synonyms:
- affecting, moving, touching
- antonyms:
- unaffecting
- similar words:
- heartrending, keen, painful, pathetic, penetrating, piercing, piteous, pitiful, sad, tearful, woeful
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related words: |
expressive, profound, vivid |
derivations: |
poignantly (adv.), poignancy (n.) |
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