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— English words —

• poignant adj. (Obsolete, of a weapon, etc.) Sharp-pointed; keen.
• poignant adj. Neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant.
• poignant adj. Evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress; emotionally moving.
• poignant adj. (Figuratively, of a smell, taste) Piquant, pungent.
• poignant adj. (Figuratively, of a look, word) Incisive; penetrating; piercing.
• poignant adj. (Chiefly Britain, dated) Inducing sharp physical pain.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Old french
  • poignant v. Present participle of poindre.
  • poignant adj. Pointed; pointy.

— English word, defined in French —

• poignant adj. Poignant.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• poignant adj. Conmovedor, emotivo.
• poignant adj. Agudo.
• poignant adj. Relevante.
• poignant adj. Desgarrador.

— In French —

• poignant adj.m. (Sens propre) Piquant, qui blesse.
• poignant adj.m. (Sens figuré) Qui est piquant, en parlant d’une douleur…
• poignant v. Participe présent de poigner.
• poignant v. Participe présent de poindre.

43 English words from 8 English definitions

applicable Britain Chiefly dated distress eloquent emotionally etc Evoking Figuratively Incisive Inducing keen look mental moving Neat Obsolete of␣a pain participle penetrating physical piercing Piquant point pointed pointy Present Present␣participle pungent relevant sensation sharp Sharp-pointed smell strong taste the to␣the to␣the␣point weapon word

6 English words from 9 foreign definitions

blesse est piquant Poignant propre Sens

1 foreign word from 8 English definitions

poindre

16 foreign words from 9 foreign definitions

Agudo Conmovedor douleur emotivo figuré parlant Participe Participe␣présent poigner poindre présent qui Relevante Sens␣figuré Sens␣propre une

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

poignantly

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

unpoignant

20 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ant Ant ANT -ant an't ant- ant. Ant. a'n't gna GNA IGN nan Nan NaN NAN OIG poi POI P.O.I.

15 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Ang ANG Angi angi- angio angio- Gio IOP nan Nan NaN NAN nang NGI TNA

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

Paignton

5 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

patroning phonating posintang pronating tamponing

13 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

apitong atoning nanopit nanotip opinant panting Panting Paoting Pingtan P'ing-t'an pintano Pontian Potanin

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