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poignant
adjective as in affecting, painful
Strongest matches
bitter, disturbing, emotional, heartbreaking, heartrending, moving, passionate, pathetic, sad, sentimental, touching
Weak matches
agitating, agonizing, distressing, impressive, intense, perturbing, piteous, pitiful, sorrowful, upsetting
Example Sentences
“They create a record of musicking at its most routine and ordinary and at its most poignant, beautiful, and transcendent.”
"Every anniversary is hard for the family, but this one is poignant because we are also celebrating the work the trust has been doing in his name. His legacy of hope."
Translations of Joseph’s letters to Van Gogh, hospitalized after the ear-cutting incident, were poignant testimony to their friendship.
It’s the album’s opening title track, a poignant, emotional tune woven with promise and the start of something new.
Especially poignant is her discussion of West Germany’s incomplete attempts at legal accountability.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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