Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow;
- Example: "a moment of extraordinary poignancy"[syn: poignance, poignancy]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
poignance
n 1: a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow; "a moment of
extraordinary poignancy" [syn: poignance, poignancy]