poignant
/POYN-yunt/adjectiveevoking a keen sense of sadness or regret
“The last voicemail was almost too poignant to keep.”
- Synonyms
- touching, moving, affecting
- Antonyms
- unaffecting
- Memory hook
- poindre (prick): sorrow with a point.
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