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A state of deeply felt distress or sorrow
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poignance
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow; "a moment of extraordinary poignancy" [syn: poignancy ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. poignancy; the quality or state of being poignant. (from 17th c.)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1769; see poignant + -ance .
Usage examples of poignance.
Davies with sharp and abrupt poignance of wartime photographs he had seen.