poignant

Meaning of poignant

adjective
  1. Of a weapon, etc.: sharp-pointed; keen.
  2. Neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant.
    A poignant reply will garner more credence than hours of blown smoke.
  3. Evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress; emotionally moving.
    Flipping through his high school yearbook evoked many a poignant memory of yesteryear.
  4. Of a smell or taste: piquant, pungent.
  5. Of a look, or of words: incisive; penetrating; piercing.
    His comments were poignant and witty.
  6. Inducing sharp physical pain.

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  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of poignant

poignant

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
  • poignant is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

poignant synonyms

Meaning affecting:

affecting, touching

Meaning :

distressing, moving

Anagrams of poignant

Paignton

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