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Poignant

Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent.

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Similar meaning 4

Moving 84% connected

of Move

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Moving 84% connected

of Move

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Painful 84% connected

Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Painful 84% connected

Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Derivationally related 2

Poignancy 74% connected

The quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy of satire; the poignancy of grief.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Poignancy 74% connected

The quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy of satire; the poignancy of grief.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 2

Affecting 92% connected

of Affect

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Touching 92% connected

of Touch

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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