poignant
Meaning of poignant
adjective
- Of a weapon, etc.: sharp-pointed; keen.
- Neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant.
A poignant reply will garner more credence than hours of blown smoke.
- Evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress; emotionally moving.
Flipping through his high school yearbook evoked many a poignant memory of yesteryear.
- Of a smell or taste: piquant, pungent.
- Of a look, or of words: incisive; penetrating; piercing.
His comments were poignant and witty.
- Inducing sharp physical pain.
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Hyphenation of poignant
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- It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
- poignant is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
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