Associations to the word «Poignancy»

Wiktionary

POIGNANCY, noun. The quality of being poignant

Dictionary definition

POIGNANCY, noun. A state of deeply felt distress or sorrow; "a moment of extraordinary poignancy".
POIGNANCY, noun. A quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow); "the film captured all the pathos of their situation".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca