All 3 Uses of
poignant
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- Again he saw that coffin before him, the hidden dead figure so precious to him, but the weeping and poignant grief of the morning was no longer aching in his soul.†
Chpt 7 *
- There was a poignant ache in his torn heart.†
Chpt 11
- With tears of penitence and poignant, tender anguish, he will exclaim: 'Others are better than I, they wanted to save me, not to ruin me!'†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(poignant) sharp or intense -- typically arousing deep emotion such as sadness, but possibly having or creating a sharp smell, taste, or insight