Definitions
WordNet 3.0
- n. a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow
Etymologies
- From poignant + -ance. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Maybe my son is exceptionally tender-hearted, but there is heavy pathos in poignance in this film.”
“There was even a recognition back then that superheroes, to some degree, had had their day-that there was a kind of poignance in the figure of the superhero set against the modern world.”
“The terminally ill inmate was played by the remarkable Red West, a former stuntman, Elvis Presley bodyguard and member of the King's "Memphis Mafia," lending the episode instant credibility and poignance.”
“Throughout, Chabon's prose moves elegantly from humor to honesty to poignance.”
Manhood for Amateurs: Summary and book reviews of Manhood for Amateurs by Michael Chabon.
“She embodies Jane's most endearing qualities—courage, passion, devotion, unadorned beauty—but not for a moment the moist poignance that many of the umpteen previous versions have inflicted on her.”
The Wall Street Journal: See Jane Blossom: An Enthralling 'Eyre'
“Most New York revivals have focused on Follies with an upper case F, casting legendary, sometimes forgotten stars to build a sense of poignance about a spirit that cannot be recaptured.”
“A shimmer of subsequent events gave the photograph an almost unbearable poignance.”
“I think seeing actual teenagers would give their eager embrace of platitudes a new poignance and the harsh finale even more punch.”
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“That many victims went to their deaths believing that if only beloved Uncle Joe knew what was happening he'd surely save them adds poignance to the tragedy.”
“His touching duet, "Good Thing Going," with Donnell, has heartbreaking poignance.”
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