English-French translations for poignant

• piquant
• poignant
  Merci beaucoup, Monsieur Poignant. Thank you very much Mr Poignant.
  Rapport Poignant (A5-0332/2000) Poignant report (A5-0332/2000)
  - Cela sera corrigé, Monsieur Poignant. That will be corrected, Mr Poignant.

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