Home                    Word of the Week Links for Word Lovers Crossword Solver Help                       Copyrights            Privacy                  Webmasters Link to Us Contact Us            Bookstore                   Enter your search terms Web www.allwords.com Submit search form

English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions poignant adjective  (obsolete) (of a weapon etc) sharp-pointed; keen (of a look, or of words) piercing (context, of a taste) piquant (context, of a smell) pungent (dated) (mostly British) inducing sharp physical pain evoking sharp mental pain; distressing; emotionally moving Flipping through his high school yearbook evoked many a poignant memory of yesteryear. incisive; penetrating His comments were poignant and witty. neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant A poignant reply will garner more credence than hours of blown smoke. pleasantly intense Etymology: From the Old French poignant from poindre "to prick" from the Latin pungere "to prick"      Full Definition of poignant  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the GNU Free Documentation License Allwords Copyright 1998-2010 Allsites LLC. All rights reserved.