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poignance

UK/ˈpɔɪnjəns/

poignance noun: poignancy; the quality or state of being poignant.

Noun

poignance (countable and uncountable, plural poignances)

  1. Poignancy; the quality or state of being poignant.
    • The objects themselves might have come from some Stone Age grave so remote did they seem: yet they had poignance.1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1016
    • Too bad Locke's idea didn't catch on; the thought of measuring things in philosophical feet has an unquestionable poignance.1988 August 19, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader

poignance meaning in Bengali

poignance in Bengali

মর্মান্তিকতা, মর্মান্তিক হওয়ার গুণ, অবস্থা

Forms of poignance

pluralpoignances

Origin of poignance

From poignant + -ance.

Questions about poignance

What does poignance mean?
Poignance means poignancy; the quality or state of being poignant.
What is poignance in Bengali?
Poignance in Bengali is মর্মান্তিকতা, মর্মান্তিক হওয়ার গুণ, অবস্থা. See Poignance meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is poignance?
Poignance is a noun.
How do you pronounce poignance?
Poignance is pronounced /ˈpɔɪnjəns/ (UK).
What is the plural of poignance?
The plural of poignance is poignances.

Words near poignance in the dictionary

  1. Poieni
  2. poieses
  3. poiesis
  4. poietic
  5. poifect
  6. poignance
  7. poignances
  8. poignancies
  9. poignancy
  10. poignant
  11. poignantly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poignance (page history and authors); poignance (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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