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poignancy |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Poignancy \Poign"an*cy\, n. The quality or state of being poignant; as the poignancy of satire; the poignancy of grief. --Swift. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: poignancy n 1: a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow: "a moment of extraordinary poignancy" [syn: {poignance}] 2: a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow); "the film captured all the pathos of their situation" [syn: {pathos}]
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