Definition of Poignancy

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Definition of Poignancy
	Poignancy The quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy of satire; the poignancy of grief. Related Definitions: As, Being, Grief, Of, Or, Poignancy, Poignant, Quality, Satire, State, The

Poignancy Quotations

It's the poignancy and sadness in things that gets to me.
Tracey Ullman

I think it comes from really liking literary forms. Poetry is very beautiful, but the space on the page can be as affecting as where the text is. Like when Miles Davis doesn't play, it has a poignancy to it.
Jim Jarmusch

Don't fear your mortality, because it is this very mortality that gives meaning and depth and poignancy to all the days that will be granted to you.
Paul Tsongas

Beauty is the result of having been through an experience all the way through to the end - therefore it has a poignancy. Beauty that is singular always comes from following an experience to the point where you can go no further.
Joan Chen

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