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[ adjective ] arousing affect
Examples "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene" "poignant grief cannot endure forever" "his gratitude was simple and touching" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)Nikolai_Cherkasov , the Russian actor who has played such heroic roles as Alexander_Nevsky and Ivan_the_Terrible , performs the lanky Don_Quixote , and does so with a simple dignity that bridges the inner nobility and the surface absurdity of this poignant man . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
Examples "poignant anxiety" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)This prohibition on love has an especially poignant relation to art ; it is particularly the artist ( Tonio_Kro^ger , Aschenbach , Leverku^hn ) who suffers from it . (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)Mostly the scene was crowded with mourners , such_as the dramatic Dell'Arca_Lamentation in Bologna , where the grief-stricken spectators had usurped Mary 's last poignant moment . Related terms |
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