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"poignant" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often affecting (9 letters).
Definitions
Deeply moving, touching, or emotionally sharp.
Word origin
From Middle English poynaunt, poynant, borrowed from Anglo-Norman puignant, poynaunt etc., present participle of poindre (“to prick”), from Latin pungō (“prick”). Doublet of pungent.
Used in a sentence
“His siluer shield, now idle maisterlesse; / His poynant speare, that many made to bleed [...].”
“A poignant reply will garner more credence than hours of blown smoke.”
“Flipping through his high school yearbook evoked many a poignant memory of yesteryear.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Deeply moving”8 letters
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