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noun (n)

• a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow(noun.state)

  Example:
  A moment of extraordinary poignancy.
  

  Synonym:
  poignance
  

  source: wordnet30
• a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  pathos
  

  source: wordnet30
• The quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy of satire; the poignancy of grief.(noun)

  source: webster1913