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poignant 音標拼音: [p'ɔɪnjənt] a. 嚴厲的,尖銳的,劇烈的 嚴厲的,尖銳的,劇烈的 poignant adj 1: arousing affect; " the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene"; " poignant grief cannot endure forever"; " his gratitude was simple and touching" [ synonym: { affecting}, { poignant}, { touching}] 2: keenly distressing to the mind or feelings; " poignant anxiety" Poignant \ Poign" ant\, a. [ F., p. pr. of poindre to sting, fr. L. pungere to prick, sting. See { Pungent}.] 1. Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent. " His poignant spear." -- Spenser. " Poynaunt sauce." -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Pointed; keen; satirical. [ 1913 Webster] His wit . . . became more lively and poignant. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] 162 Moby Thesaurus words for " poignant": absorbing, acerbic, acid, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, acute, affecting, afflictive, agitating, agonizing, asperous, astringent, atrocious, barbed, biting, bitter, bleak, blue, caustic, cheerless, comfortless, corrosive, cramping, cruel, cutting, deep, deep- felt, deepgoing, deplorable, depressing, depressive, disastrous, discomforting, dismal, dismaying, distressful, distressing, disturbing, dolorific, dolorogenic, dolorous, double- edged, dramatic, dreary, driving, earnest, edged, effective, emotional, escharotic, excruciating, exquisite, extreme, fierce, forceful, forcible, gnawing, grave, grievous, griping, gutsy, hard, harrowing, harsh, heartfelt, homefelt, hurtful, hurting, imperative, impressive, incisive, indelible, intense, irritating, joyless, keen, lamentable, lively, melancholy, miserable, mordacious, mordant, mournful, moving, nervous, nose- tickling, painful, paroxysmal, pathetic, penetrating, peppery, peppy, perturbing, pervading, piercing, piquant, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, pointed, powerful, profound, punchy, pungent, racking, racy, regrettable, rigorous, rough, rueful, sad, saddening, sarcastic, sardonic, scathing, sensational, severe, sharp, shooting, sincere, sinewed, sinewy, slashing, snappy, sore, sorrowful, sour, sparkling, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, spicy, spirited, stabbing, stinging, stirring, strident, striking, stringent, strong, tart, telling, tormenting, torturous, touching, tragic, trenchant, uncomfortable, upsetting, vehement, vigorous, violent, virulent, vital, vitriolic, vivacious, vivid, woebegone, woeful, wretched, zesty
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