What does poignance mean?
Poignance means Poignancy; the quality or state of being poignant..
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/ˈpɔɪnjəns/ · noun
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.
Too bad Locke's idea didn't catch on; the thought of measuring things in philosophical feet has an unquestionable poignance.
Use poignance when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Poignance means Poignancy; the quality or state of being poignant..
Common synonyms include poignancy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The objects themselves might have come from some Stone Age grave so remote did they seem: yet they had poignance.
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