poignancy

Words with a similar base: poignancy

'poignancy'

[poignance.n.01] as in: a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow

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Examples:
a moment of extraordinary poignancy

'poignancy'

[pathos.n.01] as in: a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)

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Examples:
the film captured all the pathos of their situation