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poignance

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɔɪnjəns/Part of speech nounSorted aceginnopStarts with PEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow

Word origin

From poignant + -ance.

Used in a sentence

  • The objects themselves might have come from some Stone Age grave so remote did they seem: yet they had poignance.
  • Too bad Locke's idea didn't catch on; the thought of measuring things in philosophical feet has an unquestionable poignance.

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