Poignant
Poignant adjective - Having the power to affect the feelings or sympathies.
Usage example: a poignant story of a love affair that ends in tragedy
Sensitive and poignant are semantically related in acute topic. In some cases you can use "Sensitive" instead an adjective "Poignant".
Nearby Words: poignancy, poignantly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- emotional and poignant
- emotional and sensitive
- keen and poignant
- keen and sensitive
- tender and poignant
- tender and sensitive
- sentimental and poignant
- sentimental and sensitive
- penetrating and poignant
- penetrating and sensitive
- painful and poignant
- painful and sensitive
- sharp and poignant
- sharp and sensitive
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