He was seeing everything and seeing nothing; acutely, quiveringly conscious and yet oblivious to his surroundings by reason of the poignancy of his thought.
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Poignancy
/ˈpɔɪnjən(t)si/
Synonyms for "poignancy" (102 found)
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Closest matches (21)
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Related words (51)
Noun(6 words)
Adjective(1 words)
poignant mood
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More general
10 entriesaesthetic qualityemotional qualityintellectual impactmoral impactperceptual qualityqualitysadnesssensory qualitysorrowsorrowfulness
More specific
6 entriesaromatic poignancydramatic poignancyironic poignancynostalgic poignancypungent poignancysatirical poignancy
Collocations
5 entriesdramatic poignancyemotional poignancynostalgic poignancypoignancy of memorysensory poignancy
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
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.
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