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1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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]

Thesaurus Results for Poignancy:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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