poignancy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: poignancy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for poignancy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poignancy n a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow; "a moment of extraordinary poignancy" Synonym(s): poignance, poignancy a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow); "the film captured all the pathos of their situation" Synonym(s): pathos, poignancy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poignancy \Poign"ancy\, n. The quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy* of satire; the poignancy of grief. --Swift.