The eating of delicious food is one of the most intense and poignant pleasures of life.
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Poignant
//ˈpɔɪnjənt//
Synonyms for "poignant" (172 found)
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Related words (86)
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174 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- болезнен adj (inducing sharp physical pain)
- остър adj (sharp-pointed; keen)
- пикантен adj (piquant; pungent)
- пронизващ adj (incisive; penetrating)
Catalan
4 entries- agut adj (incisive; penetrating)
- clar adj (neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant)
- commovedor adj (evoking strong mental sensation)
- dolorós adj (inducing sharp physical pain)
Danish
4 entries- spiddende adj (piercing)
- spids adj (sharp-pointed; keen)
- spydig adj (incisive; penetrating)
- træffende adj (neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant)
Dutch
3 entries- pikant adj (piquant; pungent)
- scherp adj (piquant; pungent)
- schrijnend adj (evoking strong mental sensation)
Esperanto
1 entries- kortuŝa adj (evoking strong mental sensation)
Faroese
2 entries- hjartanemandi adj (evoking strong mental sensation)
- rørandi adj (evoking strong mental sensation)
Finnish
4 entries- arka adj (evoking strong mental sensation)
- kipeä adj (evoking strong mental sensation)
- kirpeä adj (piquant; pungent)
- kivulias adj (inducing sharp physical pain)
German
4 entries- anrührend adj (evoking strong mental sensation)
- aufdringlich adj (piquant; pungent)
- beißend adj (piquant; pungent)
- bitter adj (evoking strong mental sensation)
Greek
4 entries- αιχημρός adj (sharp-pointed; keen)
- αιχμηρός adj (incisive; penetrating)
- διαπεραστικός adj (incisive; penetrating)
- διαπεραστικός adj (piercing)
Hungarian
4 entries- csípős adj (piquant; pungent)
- elevenbe vágó adj (incisive; penetrating)
- felkavaró adj (evoking strong mental sensation)
- megrendítő adj (evoking strong mental sensation)
Italian
4 entries- acuto adj (neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant)
- acuto adj (incisive; penetrating)
- affilato adj (sharp-pointed; keen)
- appuntito adj (sharp-pointed; keen)
Japanese
4 entries- 痛烈 adj (evoking strong mental sensation)
- 痛烈な adj (incisive; penetrating)
- 辛辣な adj (incisive; penetrating)
- 鋭い adj (sharp-pointed; keen)
Māori
1 entries- whakaaroha adj (evoking strong mental sensation)
Polish
4 entries- cięty adj (neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant)
- ostry adj (sharp-pointed; keen)
- ostry adj (piquant; pungent)
- ostry adj (incisive; penetrating)
Portuguese
4 entries- agudo adj (incisive; penetrating)
- claro adj (neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant)
- comovente adj (evoking strong mental sensation)
- doloroso adj (inducing sharp physical pain)
Russian
4 entries- о́стрый adj (sharp-pointed; keen)
- прони́зывающий adj (incisive; penetrating)
- прони́зывающий adj (piercing)
- ре́зкий adj (piquant; pungent)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- tiamhaidh adj (evoking strong mental sensation)
Slovak
4 entries- bodavý adj (inducing sharp physical pain)
- ostrý adj (incisive; penetrating)
- pichľavý adj (piquant; pungent)
- pikantný adj (piquant; pungent)
Spanish
4 entries- agudo adj (neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant)
- agudo adj (evoking strong mental sensation)
- agudo adj (incisive; penetrating)
- claro adj (neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant)
Swedish
1 entries- stark adj (piquant; pungent)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The incident was so poignant.
Source: tatoeba (4728417)
I thought Tom's poem was really poignant.
Source: tatoeba (9445681)
The poignant ending of the movie made all of us cry.
Source: tatoeba (9860937)
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