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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]