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poignant

(eg. synonym, beauty, solace )

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  • poignant  /ˈpɔ ɪn jənt/ ?  keenly distressing to the mind or feelings

    poignant meaning(s)  Add to My List

    1. (adj) keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
    2. (adj) arousing affect
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    Synonym(s)

    touching

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    1. Her poignant personal story drew a lot of attention in the media.
    2. The author talked about his first novel, a delicate, poignant modern romance about a shy village girl.
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  • poignantly  /ˈpɔ ɪn jənt li/ ?  in a poignant or touching manner
  • poikilotherm  an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings;…
  • poikilothermic  of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies…
  • poikilothermous  of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies…
  • poilu  a French soldier (especially in World War I)
  • poinciana  small subgenus of ornamental tropical shrubs or trees; not recognized in some…
  • poinciana gilliesii  a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers;…
  • poinciana pulcherrima  tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red…
  • poinciana regia  showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in…
  • poinsettia  /pɔ ɪn ˈsɛ ti ə/ ?  tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering…
  • poinsettia strain  a strain of pest accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle…
  • point  /ˈpɔ ɪnt/ ?  a geometric element that has position but no extension
  • point after  in American football a point awarded for a successful place kick following…
  • point after touchdown  in American football a point awarded for a successful place…
  • point duty  the control of traffic by a policeman stationed at an intersection
  • point in time  an instant of time
  • point jam  jam a narrow band of frequencies
  • point lace  lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern
  • point man  someone who is the forefront of an important enterprise
  • point mutation  (genetics) a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene
  • point of accumulation  the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the…
  • point of apoapsis  (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited
  • point of departure  a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched
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