WORD: POIGNANT
MEANING:
1.
a. Arousing deep emotion, especially pity or sorrow; touching: a poignant memory; a poignant story. See Synonyms at moving.
b. Keenly distressing to the mind or feelings: poignant anxiety.
c. Physically painful: "Keen, poignant agonies seemed to shoot from his neck downward" (Ambrose Bierce).
2. Piercing; incisive: poignant criticism.
3. Agreeably intense or stimulating: "It was a poignant delight to breathe the keen air" (Joseph A. Altsheler).
4. Archaic
a. Sharp or sour to the taste; piquant.
b. Sharp or pungent to the smell.
5. moving, emotional, touching
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Masaan review: This Cannes winner is a beautiful, poignant portrait of a small town india.
2. I was shattered by the poignant scene of the accident.
PRONOUNCE:
poign·ant - पॉइन्यन्ट
LINK: POIGNANT
MEANING:
1.
a. Arousing deep emotion, especially pity or sorrow; touching: a poignant memory; a poignant story. See Synonyms at moving.
b. Keenly distressing to the mind or feelings: poignant anxiety.
c. Physically painful: "Keen, poignant agonies seemed to shoot from his neck downward" (Ambrose Bierce).
2. Piercing; incisive: poignant criticism.
3. Agreeably intense or stimulating: "It was a poignant delight to breathe the keen air" (Joseph A. Altsheler).
4. Archaic
a. Sharp or sour to the taste; piquant.
b. Sharp or pungent to the smell.
5. moving, emotional, touching
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Masaan review: This Cannes winner is a beautiful, poignant portrait of a small town india.
2. I was shattered by the poignant scene of the accident.
PRONOUNCE:
poign·ant - पॉइन्यन्ट
LINK: POIGNANT
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