Definitions for poignancies

poignancies poign·an·cy

Spelling: [poin-yuh n-see, poin-uh n-]
IPA: /ˈpɔɪn yən si, ˈpɔɪn ən-/

Poignancies is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 756 anagrams from letters in poignancies (acegiinnops).

Definitions for poignancies

noun

  1. the state or condition of being poignant.
  2. a poignant moment, event, situation, or the like.

Origin of poignancies

First recorded in 1680-90; poign(ant) + -ancy

Examples for poignancies

It was my first delinquency, and had all the poignancy of a first fault.

To be “run ashore” has the littleness, poignancy, and bitterness of human error.

For twenty-four hours Mr. Caryll's grief was overwhelming in its poignancy.

Once edgily shocking, the show now feels rich with pathos and poignancy.

But indistinct as things were, the poignancy of it went through him, and he groaned.

These words from her had a poignancy of meaning which made his reply difficult.

The drive to find the cause and cure of autism rivals the urgency and poignancy to find the cause and cure of cancer.

My normalcy has its own poignancy and beauty to it that most hearing people will  never know.

The signs have a poignancy, says Moss, “because there is a tension in them in what they are not saying,” he says.

Either way, part of the tragedy and poignancy of polio is its preferential spread to babies and toddlers.

Word Value for poignancies
Scrable

17

Words with friends

21

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