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Adjective: poignant  poyn-yunt
  1. Arousing affect
    "poignant grief cannot endure forever"
    - affecting, touching
     
  2. Keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
    "poignant anxiety"

See also: moving, painful, poignance, poignancy

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