poignancy

poignancy is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy of satire; the poignancy of grief. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 21 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy of satire; the poignancy of grief.
2. noun. a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)

   "the film captured all the pathos of their situation"

   Synonyms: pathos

3. noun. a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow

   "a moment of extraordinary poignancy"

   Synonyms: poignance

Synonyms

pathos, poignance

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in poignancy:

canopying

Common word forms

poignancies

Words from these letters

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