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  1. The quality of being poignant


  1. (of a look, or of words) piercing
  2. (of a taste) piquant
  3. (of a smell) pungent
  4. dated: (mostly British) inducing sharp physical pain
  5. evoking sharp mental pain; distressing; emotionally moving
    Flipping through his high school yearbook evoked many a poignant memory of yesteryear.
  6. incisive; penetrating
    His comments were poignant and witty.
  7. neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant
    A poignant reply will garner more credence than hours of blown smoke.
  8. pleasantly intense




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