Poignance
Poignance noun - A harsh or sharp quality.
Usage example: there's a mean-spirited poignance to the novel's satiric portrait of Hollywood
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- passion and poignance
- passion and virulence
- severity and poignance
- severity and virulence
- edge and poignance
- edge and virulence
- pungency and poignance
- pungency and virulence
- sharpness and poignance
- sharpness and virulence
- tartness and poignance
- tartness and virulence
- bitterness and poignance
- bitterness and virulence
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Virulence and Poignance. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/poignance/virulence
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