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POIGNANCE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of deeply felt distress or sorrowplay

Example:

a moment of extraordinary poignancy

Synonyms:

poignance; poignancy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("poignance" is a kind of...):

sadness; sorrow; sorrowfulness (the state of being sad)

Derivation:

poignant (keenly distressing to the mind or feelings)

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