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Poignance Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ance

Poignance has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow

"a moment of extraordinary poignancy"

2

Poignancy; the quality or state of being poignant.

See Also
poignancy poignant
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
sadness
Rhyming Words
nce ance ince unce ence once vince sence ponce nance munce vance dunce hence bonce ounce nonce gance dance vonce
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