Synonyms for poignancy
Most common
bitterness sharpness tartness pungency pathos bittersweetness poignance
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality of being poignant.
Forms
- Plural
- poignancies → pungencies, bitternesses, violences, sharpnesses…
Example sentences
- bitterness What remains in the heart is memory and bitterness.
- sharpness I enchanted my sword with Sharpness II.
- pathos It feels like they went off like that for pathos.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| poignancy | rising | |
| bitterness | steady | |
| sharpness | steady | |
| tartness | rising | |
| pungency | steady | |
| pathos | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- edge1
- 5 letters
- point1
- 6 letters
- pathos2
- 8 letters
- violence3, severity4, acrimony4, keenness, tartness2, pungency
- 9 letters
- sharpness2, poignance
- 10 letters
- bitterness3
- 15 letters
- bittersweetness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pathos2 = 2 syllables).