poignant
adjective
1. arousing affect
- poignant grief cannot endure forever
Similar word(s): moving, affecting, touching
2. keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
- poignant anxiety
Similar word(s): painful
Sentences with poignant as an adjective:
- His comments were poignant and witty.
- A poignant reply will garner more credence than hours of blown smoke.
- Flipping through his high school yearbook evoked many a poignant memory of yesteryear.