'Poignancy' definitions:
Definition of 'poignancy'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Poignancy'
From: GCIDE
- Poignancy \Poign"an*cy\, n. The quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy of satire; the poignancy of grief. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'poignancy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acerbity,
- acidity,
- acidulousness,
- acridity,
- acrimony,
- asperity,
- astringency,
- bite,
- bitingness,
- bitterness,
- bleakness,
- causticity,
- cheerlessness,
- comfortlessness,
- cuttingness,
- dash,
- depression,
- discomfort,
- dismalness,
- distress,
- distressfulness,
- dreariness,
- drive,
- edge,
- effectiveness,
- fierceness,
- force,
- forcefulness,
- grief,
- grievousness,
- grip,
- guts,
- harshness,
- impressiveness,
- incisiveness,
- joylessness,
- keenness,
- lamentability,
- lamentation,
- liveliness,
- mordacity,
- mordancy,
- mournfulness,
- nervosity,
- nervousness,
- pain,
- painfulness,
- pathos,
- pep,
- piquancy,
- pitiability,
- pitiableness,
- pitifulness,
- point,
- power,
- punch,
- pungency,
- raciness,
- regrettableness,
- rigor,
- roughness,
- sadness,
- severity,
- sharpness,
- sinew,
- sinewiness,
- sorrowfulness,
- sourness,
- sparkle,
- spirit,
- sting,
- strength,
- stridency,
- stringency,
- strong language,
- tartness,
- teeth,
- trenchancy,
- vehemence,
- verve,
- vigor,
- vigorousness,
- violence,
- virulence,
- vitality,
- vivacity,
- vividness,
- woebegoneness,
- woefulness