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Summary

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poignancy:
- Wiktionary:
  poignancy → acrimonie, acuité, âcreté, âpreté
- Synonyms for "poignancy":
  poignance; sadness; sorrow; sorrowfulness
  pathos; quality

English

Detailed Translations for poignancy from English to French

poignancy:

Translation Matrix for poignancy:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	pathos; poignance

Synonyms for "poignancy":

poignance; sadness; sorrow; sorrowfulness
pathos; quality

Related Definitions for "poignancy":

a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)¹
a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow¹
- a moment of extraordinary poignancy¹

Wiktionary Translations for poignancy:

poignancy

noun

agressivité verbale due à une mauvaise humeur.
- acrimonie → acrimony; sharpness; acuity; harshness; poignancy
qualité de ce qui est aigu.
- acuité → acuity; sharpness; poignancy
qualité de ce qui est âcre.
- âcreté → acridity; acridness; sharpness; acrimony; acuity; harshness; poignancy; bitterness; acerbity; sourness
qualité de ce qui est âpre.
- âpreté → sharpness; acrimony; acuity; harshness; poignancy

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