English-Dutch translations for poignant

• pikant
• scherp
• schrijnend
  Het was tegelijkertijd prachtig en enigszins schrijnend en droevig. It was at once extremely beautiful and somewhat poignant and sad.
  Dat is schrijnend en tevens tekenend.That is poignant and also significant.
  Dit is voor haar een bijzonder schrijnende verjaardag. It is a very poignant birthday for her.

Definition of poignant

• Of a weapon, etc.: sharp-pointed#Adjective|pointed; keen#Adjective|keen
• Neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant
• Evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress#Noun|distress; emotionally moving#Adjective|moving
• Of a smell#Noun|smell or taste#Noun|taste: piquant, pungent
• Inducing sharp physical#Adjective|physical pain#Noun|pain

Examples

• A poignant reply will garner more credence than hours of blown smoke
• Flipping through his high school yearbook evoked many a poignant memory of yesteryear
• His comments were poignant and witty

Related words

• point
• checkpoint
• poison
• self-appointed
• poisonous
• spoil
• poisoning
• spoiled
• appoint
• pointer