Poignant and Sadistic

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Poignant adjective - Having the power to affect the feelings or sympathies.

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Sadistic and poignant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sadistic" instead an adjective "Poignant".

Nearby Words: poignancy, poignantly

Sadistic adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.

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Poignant and sadistic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Poignant" instead an adjective "Sadistic".

Nearby Words: sadism, sadistically, sadist

In Shell Shock, this is combined with Sadistic Choice and Break the Cutie in an extremely poignant way at the climax.

Source: Beware The Nice Ones / Fan Works

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