Poignancy
noun
The quality of evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret.
The poignancy of the movie had everyone in tears by the end.
Often appears as...
- a sense of poignancy
- the poignancy of loss
noun
The quality of evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret.
The poignancy of the movie had everyone in tears by the end.
Often appears as...
- a sense of poignancy
- the poignancy of loss
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Poignancy implies a strong, emotional impact, often related to memories or experiences that are deeply moving.
The photograph held a certain poignancy for him, reminding him of his childhood.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Sadness
The sadness associated with poignancy is deep and meaningful, different from general unhappiness or depression.
The poignancy of the song lies in its subtle lyrics that touch on loss.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
Poignancy can also be felt during positive experiences where the beauty of the moment brings a sense of sadness.
There was a poignancy to the graduation ceremony, a sweet sadness as students said goodbye.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Poignancy implies a strong, emotional impact, often related to memories or experiences that are deeply moving.
The photograph held a certain poignancy for him, reminding him of his childhood.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Sadness
The sadness associated with poignancy is deep and meaningful, different from general unhappiness or depression.
The poignancy of the song lies in its subtle lyrics that touch on loss.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
Poignancy can also be felt during positive experiences where the beauty of the moment brings a sense of sadness.
There was a poignancy to the graduation ceremony, a sweet sadness as students said goodbye.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Poignancy implies a strong, emotional impact, often related to memories or experiences that are deeply moving.
The photograph held a certain poignancy for him, reminding him of his childhood.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Sadness
The sadness associated with poignancy is deep and meaningful, different from general unhappiness or depression.
The poignancy of the song lies in its subtle lyrics that touch on loss.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
Poignancy can also be felt during positive experiences where the beauty of the moment brings a sense of sadness.
There was a poignancy to the graduation ceremony, a sweet sadness as students said goodbye.
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but what sets it apart is its brevity. Cherry blossoms fall within a single week -- can be whisked away on the gentlest breeze -- and it's this that makes it more beautiful. It's utterly fragile, and fragility gives life its poignancy.
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"Afterneath" / "Killing...
but what sets it apart is its brevity. Cherry blossoms fall within a single week -- can be whisked away on the gentlest breeze -- and it's this that makes it more beautiful. It's utterly fragile, and fragility gives life its poignancy.
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Sarah Paulson
American Actress
There's a poignancy to being with someone older. I think there's a greater appreciation of time and what you have together and what's important, and it can make the little things seem very small. It puts a kind of sharp light mixed with a sort of diffused light on something.
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Joan Chen
Chinese Actress
Beauty is the result of having been through an experience all the way through to the end - therefore it has a poignancy. Beauty that is singular always comes from following an experience to the point where you can go no further.
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Johann Johannsson
Icelander Composer
The kind of industrial wasteland that you see in so much of Europe has a tremendous poignancy to me, especially when it's run down and you see the collapse and failure of this system. And also how nature reclaims it.
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Jim Jarmusch
American Director
I think it comes from really liking literary forms. Poetry is very beautiful, but the space on the page can be as affecting as where the text is. Like when Miles Davis doesn't play, it has a poignancy to it.
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Mark Pellegrino
American Actor
I hope maybe 'The Returned,' in some small way, can contribute to the argument of the poignancy of human life and make people not take for granted things.
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Paul Tsongas
American Politician
Don't fear your mortality, because it is this very mortality that gives meaning and depth and poignancy to all the days that will be granted to you.
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Michel Faber
Dutch Writer
Pathos and poignancy are, to me, tactics and techniques; in my work as a writer, I fetch them from my toolbox and use them as required.
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Sam Kean
American Writer
In 'The Violinist's Thumb,' I talk about the poignancy of cells leaking across the placenta into both the mother and the child.
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Matthew Weiner
American Writer
If you want to reach any kind of poignancy or meaning a lot of times, coming from comedy is the best way to get there.
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Tracey Ullman
British Comedian
It's the poignancy and sadness in things that gets to me.
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Sarah Paulson
American Actress
There's a poignancy to being with someone older. I think there's a greater appreciation of time and what you have together and what's important, and it can make the little things seem very small. It puts a kind of sharp light mixed with a sort of diffused light on something.
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Joan Chen
Chinese Actress
Beauty is the result of having been through an experience all the way through to the end - therefore it has a poignancy. Beauty that is singular always comes from following an experience to the point where you can go no further.
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Johann Johannsson
Icelander Composer
The kind of industrial wasteland that you see in so much of Europe has a tremendous poignancy to me, especially when it's run down and you see the collapse and failure of this system. And also how nature reclaims it.
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Jim Jarmusch
American Director
I think it comes from really liking literary forms. Poetry is very beautiful, but the space on the page can be as affecting as where the text is. Like when Miles Davis doesn't play, it has a poignancy to it.
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Mark Pellegrino
American Actor
I hope maybe 'The Returned,' in some small way, can contribute to the argument of the poignancy of human life and make people not take for granted things.
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Paul Tsongas
American Politician
Don't fear your mortality, because it is this very mortality that gives meaning and depth and poignancy to all the days that will be granted to you.
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Michel Faber
Dutch Writer
Pathos and poignancy are, to me, tactics and techniques; in my work as a writer, I fetch them from my toolbox and use them as required.
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Sam Kean
American Writer
In 'The Violinist's Thumb,' I talk about the poignancy of cells leaking across the placenta into both the mother and the child.
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Matthew Weiner
American Writer
If you want to reach any kind of poignancy or meaning a lot of times, coming from comedy is the best way to get there.
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Tracey Ullman
British Comedian
It's the poignancy and sadness in things that gets to me.
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