Meanings
plural poignancies
- uncountableusuallyThe quality of being poignant.
1 more example
The Conan O’Brien-penned half-hour has the capacity to rip our collective hearts out the way the cute, funny bad girl next door does to Bart when she reveals that her new boyfriend is Jimbo Jones, but the show keeps shying away from genuine emotion in favor of jokes that, while overwhelmingly funny, detract from the poignancy and the emotional intimacy of the episode.
2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2012
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish sattuvuus, kipeys
- sattuvuusthe quality of being poignant
- kipeysthe quality of being poignant
- pistävyysthe quality of being poignant
French poignance
- poignancethe quality of being poignant
German Schärfe, Schmerzlichkeit
- Schärfethe quality of being poignant
- Schmerzlichkeitthe quality of being poignant
Spanish patetismo
- patetismothe quality of being poignant
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Cite this entry
poignancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poignancy
“poignancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poignancy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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