Antonyms for poignant
ˈpɔɪn yənt, ˈpɔɪ nəntpoignant

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1. poignantadjective

   Evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress; emotionally moving.

   Flipping through his high school yearbook evoked many a poignant memory of yesteryear.

   Synonyms:
   moving, distressing

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1. poignant

   Synonyms:
   stinging, sharp, keen, penetrating, severe, biting, intense, piercing

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1. affecting, poignant, touchingadjective

   arousing affect

   "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching"

   Antonyms:
   painless, unmoving

   Synonyms:
   touching, affecting

2. poignantadjective

   keenly distressing to the mind or feelings

   "poignant anxiety"

   Antonyms:
   unmoving, painless

   Synonyms:
   touching, affecting

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1. poignantadjective

   Synonyms:
   pricking, piercing, pungent

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1. inspirational

   if poignant is sad, inspirational is got to be the opposite.

   after experiencing a poignant movie, the protagonist was inspirational as the upturn came in the last scene.

   Submitted by charles.bradford3 on March 20, 2020  

How to use poignant in a sentence?

1. Bill Mott:

   In all the years I did the Queen's Birthday Parade, it was Her Majesty the Queen there. To not have Her Majesty arriving was poignant and the fact that she went out onto the balcony was lovely, i thought in my heart, how many more times am I going to see Her Majesty like that? It was quite sad for a lot of reasons. I know the Platinum Jubilee is meant to be a wonderful occasion and something to mark 70 years, but it was tinged with sadness for me.

2. Jim Morekis:

   “From Conrad Aiken to Flannery O’Connor to Midnight, Savannah has always been a literary town. But certainly one of her most consistently excellent—and consistently underrated—writers is the man known as Aberjhani. Known for his nationally published short stories and poetry Aberjhani has received critical acclaim for his ability to encapsulate the Southern black experience in a sensitive and poignant way that’s accessible to readers of any race or region.” --from All That Jazz

3. Dianne Marie Teresa Cole:

   The more profound the loss, the more poignant the grief

4. Danielle Ludon:

   The sentiments expressed were very, very strong. Some of them were very poignant.

5. Constantin Stanislavski:

   Success is transient, evanescent. The real passion lies in the poignant acquisition of knowledge about all the shading and subtleties of the creative secrets.

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