Both Uses of
poignant
in
Seventeenth Summer
- The music seemed to fill the whole room at Pete's with its poignant tilt,
Chpt June *poignant = sharp or intense
- Yet there was a quiet lonesomeness about that night, a poignant stillness that made my voice sound small and hushed, hardly like my own.†
Chpt Augu
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