POIGNANT


Meaning of POIGNANT in English

/ ˈpɔɪnjənt; NAmE / adjective

having a strong effect on your feelings, especially in a way that makes you feel sad

SYN moving :

a poignant image / moment / memory, etc.

Her face was a poignant reminder of the passing of time.

►  poign·ancy / -jənsi; NAmE / noun [ U ]:

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 / -jəntli; NAmE / adverb

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English : from Old French , literally pricking , present participle of poindre , from Latin pungere to prick.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.