/ 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.