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poignancy


 
  Grep  of  noun  poignancy 
  poignancy 
 
  Overview  of  noun  poignancy 
 
  The  noun  poignancy  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  poignance,  poignancy  --  (a  state  of  deeply  felt  distress  or  sorrow:  "a  moment  of  extraordinary  poignancy") 
  2.  pathos,  poignancy  --  (a  quality  that  arouses  emotions  (especially  pity  or  sorrow);  "the  film  captured  all  the  pathos  of  their  situation") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  poignancy 
 
  The  noun  poignancy  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  poignance,  poignancy  --  (a  state  of  deeply  felt  distress  or  sorrow:  "a  moment  of  extraordinary  poignancy") 
  2.  pathos,  poignancy  --  (a  quality  that  arouses  emotions  (especially  pity  or  sorrow);  "the  film  captured  all  the  pathos  of  their  situation") 



poignancy definition