Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


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

Encyclopedia: Poignant

Nearest

pogonip
Pogonophora
pogonophoran
Pogostemon
Pogostemon cablin
pogrom
pogy
poi
poignance
poignancy
poignant
poignantly
poikilotherm
poikilothermic
poikilothermous
poilu
poinciana
Poinciana
Poinciana gilliesii
Poinciana pulcherrima
Poinciana regia