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Meanings of poignancy in English

Catalan
patetisme

A state of deeply felt distress or sorrow.

        patetisme

        A quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)

              Usage of poignancy in English
              1
              Read more Outrageous anecdotes frequently make way for poignancy and reflection, however.
              The Guardian
              2
              This weekend therefore carries a special poignancy for fans of both teams.
              Reuters
              3
              The poignancy of Clinton's comment would be hammered home all too soon.
              Game change: obama and the clintons, mccain and palin, and the r...
              4
              Alas, the poignancy: Paul had already died, at the end of January.
              The Guardian
              5
              The broken home no longer feels the same first poignancy of grief.
              The Seventh Manchesters: July 1916 to March 1919
              6
              What emerged is a portrait quite unprecedented in its candor and poignancy.
              Reuters
              7
              Robson may be wrong but there is a poignancy to his assessment.
              The Guardian
              8
              The very slightness, vagueness, of the memory gave it an added poignancy.
              The Reef
              9
              They had been raised to an unaccustomed clarity and poignancy of experience.
              Odd John
              10
              It was the place that drew things out and gave them poignancy.
              The Guardian
              11
              Palmer's slight hesitancy of vocal adds poignancy to the song, says Nick.
              Radio NZ
              12
              Her voice was tuneless, and yet it had a strange, piteous poignancy.
              The Judgment House
              13
              On top of everything else, their diabolical poignancy nearly broke his resolve.
              The Naked God
              14
              It's a haunting little film that ends with a somewhat overwhelming poignancy.
              The Guardian
              15
              But the girl's calm comforted them all, and poignancy became dull pain.
              Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 04
              16
              The map suddenly possessed a terrible poignancy; he swallowed the upwelling emotion.
              The marks of cain
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              Translations for poignancy
              Catalan
              patetisme
              Poignancy through the time
              Poignancy across language varieties
              Ireland
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Less common