Word

poignancy, n.
(poignancies)
freq. cnt. 1

a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

poignance poignancy

sample sentences

"a moment of extraordinary poignancy"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness

a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

pathos poignancy

sample sentences

"the film captured all the pathos of their situation"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym