ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsPpoignant
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poignant
Meaning: evoking a strong feeling, especially sadness
poignant in a sentence
How poignant is used in real sentences:
The poignant scene moved several people to tears.
The film's poignant ending left no dry eye.
“During rehearsal, the sparse opening measures became poignant as warmer decades introduced notes that repeatedly failed to resolve, leaving the players silent afterward.”
— from the passage The Archive in Wood
Synonyms for poignant
Other words for poignant — touching, moving and affecting — carry the same meaning.
- touching
- moving
- affecting
Antonyms of poignant
Words that mean the opposite of poignant:
- unaffecting
- dull
Where it comes from
From Latin pungere 'to prick'
Memory hook
POIGNANT moments PUNCH the heart.