Gripping
Poignant
Poignant adjective - Sharp and pleasantly stimulating to the mind or senses.
Usage example: a poignant truthfulness to the author's observations on marriage
Gripping and poignant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gripping" instead an adjective "Poignant".
Nearby Words: poignancy, poignantly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- moving and gripping
- moving and poignant
- emotional and gripping
- emotional and poignant
- impressive and gripping
- impressive and poignant
- provoking and gripping
- provoking and poignant
- stimulating and gripping
- stimulating and poignant
- stirring and gripping
- stirring and poignant
- inspiring and gripping
- inspiring and poignant
Both words in one sentence
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And so poignant and gripping that to begin to read it is to surrender the next month+ of your life.
Source: Archive Binge - Comments: A story so poignant and gripping that you won't want to leave the computer until it's finished; and at over 50,000 words, be prepared to sit there a while.
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