poignant
Kelime Anlamı :

1. keskin.
2. delici.
3. ıstıraplı dokunaklı.
4. şiddetli.
5. dokunaklı.
6. yakıcı.
7. üzücü.
8. etkili.
9. kuvvetli.
10. lezzet veren acılık.
Eş Anlamlı Kelimeler :
distressing, intense, keen, moving, painful, piercing, pricking, pungent, satirical, sharp
Tanımlar :
1. profoundly moving; touching: a poignant memory. see synonyms at moving.
2. physically painful: "keen, poignant agonies seemed to shoot from his neck downward” ( Ambrose Bierce).
3. keenly distressing to the mind or feelings: poignant anxiety.
4. piercing; incisive: poignant criticism.
5. neat, skillful, and to the point: poignant illustrations supplementing the text.
6. astute and pertinent; relevant: poignant suggestions.
7. agreeably intense or stimulating: poignant delight.
8. archaic sharp or sour to the taste; piquant.
9. archaic sharp or pungent to the smell.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. sharp-pointed; keen.
2. incisive; penetrating.
3. neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant.
4. evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress; emotionally moving.
5. piquant, pungent.
6. piercing.
7. inducing sharp physical pain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent.
2. fig.: pointed; keen; satirical.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. sharp to the taste; biting; piquant; pungent.
2. pointed; keen; sharp.
3. keen; bitter; satirical; hence, telling; striking.
4. severe; piercing; very painful or acute: as, poignant pain or grief.
5.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. arousing affect
2. keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.