'Poignancy' definitions:

Definition of 'poignancy'

(from WordNet)
noun
A state of deeply felt distress or sorrow; "a moment of extraordinary poignancy" [syn: poignance, poignancy]
noun
A quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow); "the film captured all the pathos of their situation" [syn: pathos, poignancy]

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]

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