Need another word that means the same as “poignant”? Find 21 synonyms and 30 related words for “poignant” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Poignant” are: affecting, touching, moving, sad, pitiful, piteous, pitiable, pathetic, sorrowful, mournful, tearful, wretched, miserable, bitter, painful, distressing, disturbing, heartbreaking, plaintive, upsetting, tragic
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “poignant” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| affecting | Touching the emotions; moving. The homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene. |
| bitter | Proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity. Raw berries have an intensely bitter flavour. |
| distressing | Bad; unfortunate. Distressing or disturbing news. |
| disturbing | Causing distress or worry or anxiety. A disturbing amount of crime. |
| heartbreaking | Causing or marked by grief or anguish. It would be heartbreaking to see it all collapse. |
| miserable | Contemptibly small in amount. A lousy dollar a day could any government be more miserable. |
| mournful | Expressing sorrow. Stared with mournful eyes. |
| moving | Used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion. She laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter. |
| painful | Very bad. Her ankle was very painful. |
| pathetic | Relating to the emotions. The shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic. |
| piteous | Deserving or inciting pity- Galsworthy. A piteous cry. |
| pitiable | Inspiring mixed contempt and pity. The men were in a pitiable condition. |
| pitiful | Deserving or arousing pity. Pitiful exhibition of cowardice. |
| plaintive | Expressing sorrow. A plaintive cry. |
| sad | Of things that make you feel sad. Her clothes were in sad shape. |
| sorrowful | Experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss. A sorrowful tale of death and despair. |
| tearful | Crying or inclined to cry. Tearful entreaties. |
| touching | Arousing affect. Your loyalty is very touching. |
| tragic | Relating to tragedy in a literary work. A tragic accident. |
| upsetting | Causing unhappiness, disappointment, or worry. An upsetting experience. |
| wretched | Characterized by physical misery. Wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages. |
| bitterly | In an angry, hurt, or resentful way. Its humour is cutting and bitterly sarcastic. |
| cry | Utter a sudden loud cry. This situation is crying for attention. |
| disappointed | Disappointingly unsuccessful. The rising was a revolution of disappointed hopes. |
| disastrous | (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin. The battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign. |
| disillusioned | Disappointed in someone or something that one discovers to be less good than one had believed. The minority groups were completely disillusioned with the party. |
| distressing | Causing distress or worry or anxiety. Some very distressing news. |
| doleful | Causing grief or misfortune. The child s doleful expression. |
| frustrated | Feeling or expressing distress and annoyance resulting from an inability to change or achieve something. Years of frustrated attempts to regain control of the site. |
| frustrating | Discouraging by hindering. It can be very frustrating to find that the size you want isn t there. |
| haunting | The action of haunting a place. From two handsome and talented young men to two haunting horrors of disintegration. |
| lament | A mournful poem a lament for the dead. Their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward. |
| lamentable | Bad; unfortunate. The lamentable friends trailing their long black garments. |
| lamentation | The passionate expression of grief or sorrow; weeping. Scenes of lamentation. |
| maudlin | Self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental. A maudlin jukebox tune. |
| mood | A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling. He was obviously in a mood. |
| mournful | Feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness, regret, or grief. Stared with mournful eyes. |
| moving | Producing strong emotion, especially sadness or sympathy. The moving parts of the machine. |
| painful | Causing distress or trouble. The painful process of growing up. |
| pathetic | Deserving or inciting pity- Galsworthy. Their efforts were pathetic. |
| pitiful | Compassionate. A pitiful attempt to impress her. |
| plaintive | Sounding sad and mournful. A plaintive cry. |
| sad | Of things that make you feel sad Christina Rossetti. They looked at her with sad anxious faces. |
| sorrowful | Experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss. The sorrowful news of his father s death. |
| sorry | Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone. A sorry state of affairs. |
| stressful | Causing mental or emotional stress. Corporate finance work can be stressful. |
| sulk | A period of sulking. He was sulking over the break up of his band. |
| tragic | Of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy. A tragic plight. |
| unhappy | Not happy. An unhappy marriage. |
| wail | Utter a wail. Wail in self pity. |
| weep | A fit or period of weeping. A young widow weeping her lost lord. |
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