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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow;
- Example: "a moment of extraordinary poignancy"
[syn: poignance, poignancy]

2. a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow);
- Example: "the film captured all the pathos of their situation"
[syn: pathos, poignancy]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Poignancy \Poign"an*cy\, n.
   The quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy of
   satire; the poignancy of grief. --Swift.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

poignancy
    n 1: a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow; "a moment of
         extraordinary poignancy" [syn: poignance, poignancy]
    2: a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow);
       "the film captured all the pathos of their situation" [syn:
       pathos, poignancy]