poignance
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Definition of poignance
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Synonyms & Antonyms for poignance
Synonyms
acerbity, acidity, acidness, acridity, acridness, acrimoniousness, acrimony, acuteness, asperity, bite, bitterness, edge, harshness, keenness, poignancy, pungency, roughness, sharpness, tartness
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Examples of poignance in a Sentence
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The poignance of the no-hitter, which featured other eerie numerical coincidences — such as the correlation between the Angels’ 11th no-hitter and Skaggs wearing No. — Maria Torres, latimes.com, "'Dark Knight' finds silver lining as Matt Harvey returns to Angels victorious," 13 July 2019 No shame in any game, and Hemsworth has taken himself down some glorious notches: Marvel again at his chubby poignance in Avengers: Endgame, oddly and sweetly his most dramatic performance yet. International‘s too lame for that kind of iconoclasm. — Darren Franich, EW.com, "Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson reunite for eerily bland Men in Black: International: EW review," 12 June 2019 In view of Gould’s untimely death from AIDS in 1986 and Warhol’s death the following year, the images gain a heartbreaking poignance, Phelan says. — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, "Thousands of Unseen Photos Featuring Andy Warhol and Celebrity Pals to Be Digitized," 11 July 2018 There is an effortless feeling to Brinkley’s sentences, a casual beauty that lends poignance to all his confused boys, his sad and angry men. — Brittany Allen, Longreads, "Masters of Contradiction," 24 May 2018 When the dialogue survives, its isolation tends to heighten its poignance or irony. — J.r. Jones, Chicago Reader, "With The Green Fog, Guy Maddin delivers an experimental feature that’s pure entertainment," 26 Apr. 2018 This concoction was a delicious souffle of equal parts humor and poignance. — Dan Cryer, San Francisco Chronicle, "‘The Italian Teacher,’ by Tom Rachman," 28 Mar. 2018 Mixed in with these emotions is the poignance attached to Fisher's death a year ago toward the end of production. — Todd Mccarthy, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Star Wars: The Last Jedi': Film Review," 12 Dec. 2017 This adds poignance to their relentless commitment to the next put-down or joke. — Gary Thompson, Detroit Free Press, "Review: More fine dining, fine humor in ‘Trip to Spain’," 1 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'poignance.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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