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Poignant 1100 Words You Need Week 11 Day 1

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Poignant 1100 Words You Need

Poignant 1100 Words You Need

/ˈpɔɪ.njənt/ (adj)

causing sadness or pity, making you feel sad and pitiful, moving, touching, emotional, distressing, affecting, heartbreaking, upsetting, agonizing, saddening:

The squeamish girl was crying out over the poignant story of the film.

Antonym: unemotional

Noun: poignancy, poignance

Adj: poignantly

French: poignante

Farsi: سوزناک


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