| Front | poignant |
|---|---|
| Back | BrE /ˈpɔɪnjənt/NAmE /ˈpɔɪnjənt/ adjective having a strong effect on your feelings, especially in a way that makes you feel sad moving a poignant image/moment/memory, etc. Her face was a poignant reminder of the passing of time.  poign•ancy/BrE ˈpɔɪnjənsi; NAmE ˈpɔɪnjənsi/ noun[uncountable]the poignancy of parting and separation Of particular poignancy was the photograph of their son with his sisters, taken the day before he died.poign•ant•ly/BrE ˈpɔɪnjəntli; NAmE ˈpɔɪnjəntli/ adverb |
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