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poignancy

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Noun
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poign=an=cy

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun poignancy has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

poignancyn. 
     The quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy of satire; the poignancy of grief.  Swift.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

poignancy

acerbity, acidity, acidulousness, acridity, acrimony, asperity, astringency, bite, bitingness, bitterness, bleakness, causticity, cheerlessness, comfortlessness, cuttingness, dash, depression, discomfort, dismalness, distress, distressfulness, dreariness, drive, edge, effectiveness, fierceness, force, forcefulness, grief, grievousness, grip, guts, harshness, impressiveness, incisiveness, joylessness, keenness, lamentability, lamentation, liveliness, mordacity, mordancy, mournfulness, nervosity, nervousness, pain, painfulness, pathos, pep, piquancy, pitiability, pitiableness, pitifulness, point, power, punch, pungency, raciness, regrettableness, rigor, roughness, sadness, severity, sharpness, sinew, sinewiness, sorrowfulness, sourness, sparkle, spirit, sting, strength, stridency, stringency, strong language, tartness, teeth, trenchancy, vehemence, verve, vigor, vigorousness, violence, virulence, vitality, vivacity, vividness, woebegoneness, woefulness

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poignancy

Physical Energy

N energy, physical energy, force, power, keenness, intensity, vigor, strength, elasticity, go, high pressure, fire, rush, acrimony, acritude, causiticity, virulence, poignancy, harshness, severity, edge, point, pungency, cantharides, seasoning, activity, agitation, effervescence, ferment, fermentation, ebullition, splutter, perturbation, stir, bustle, voluntary energy, quicksilver, resolution, exertion, excitation, strong, energetic, forcible, active, intense, deep-dyed, severe, keen, vivid, sharp, acute, incisive, trenchant, brisk, rousing, irritation, poignant, virulent, caustic, corrosive, mordant, harsh, stringent, double-edged, double-shotted, double- distilled, drastic, escharotic, racy, potent, radioactive, strongly, fortiter in re, with telling effect, the steam is up, vires acquirit eundo, the race by vigor not by vaunts is won.

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