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POIGNANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does poignance mean?
• POIGNANCE (noun)
The noun POIGNANCE has 1 sense:
1. a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow
Familiarity information: POIGNANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state of deeply felt distress or sorrow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
poignance; poignancy
Context example:
a moment of extraordinary poignancy
Hypernyms ("poignance" is a kind of...):
sadness; sorrow; sorrowfulness (the state of being sad)
Derivation:
poignant (keenly distressing to the mind or feelings)
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