poignant
ആത്യാന
definition
adjective
a poignant reminder of the passing of time
evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret.
example
Old memories returned to her in that split second, followed by 'poignant' smells and visions a past where her world was nothing less than a fairy tale.
So often it's as much about what isn't said between people that's 'poignant' , disturbing and moving.
Could they, for example, feed one half of the audience with a sound to make them laugh, while the other half heard something 'poignant' or distressing?
This was a moving, 'poignant' ceremony, which gave solace to the parents and families.
It's a 'poignant' , almost heartbreaking portrait of urban American loneliness, alienation and obsession.
A 'poignant' and moving text tucked away on the page seems to sum it all up.
For people of any age coming to terms with grief, this is a 'poignant' and moving account, beautifully illustrated and sparingly written.
He can be rather repetitive, but his best work has great delicacy of colour and handling and a 'poignant' sense of lost innocence.
It was a touching and 'poignant' afternoon as friends gathered to show their respects to a man who had remained loyal and ever faithful to the ideals of Comhaltas.
It's a humorous, serious, 'poignant' , moving script, that genuinely explores the value and meaning of education.
It is a book that can be witty, moving or 'poignant' , all at the same time.
Funny, touching, moving and 'poignant' - this could be one of the most affecting shows the Alhambra has staged.
That memory, painful and 'poignant' , still inspires the Scot.
The play follows the story of one man's fight to save his land, combining 'poignant' drama with a sense of humour.
And though these words may belong to the big screen, they will haunt us whenever we recall the 'poignant' scenes from the moving film.
It is true that I have, like many who choose to write for a living, exaggerated senses of the absurd and the 'poignant' .
This is a show with a sense of fun, a 'poignant' side, a lesson to be learnt about family life and a little sprinkling of magic.
People that are good at it and adept at it can be very guttural and gutsy and dark and moving and 'poignant' all at the same time.
It is a philosophical tearjerker, a 'poignant' romance for the intellectual set, and a touching character study.
The sense of occasion and history was also made more 'poignant' by the pageantry that accompanied it.
This debut may remind some readers of Lorrie Moore's dry and 'poignant' tragicomedy.
He looks almost alive; like an old song, he stirs us with the gruff 'poignance' of the professional young soldier.
It may be a history lesson but it is sure to portray with 'poignancy' the humour, hurt, heartbreak and pain that they didn't teach us in the classroom.
She delivered the long despairing monologue that closes the work with great 'poignancy' .
‘I wish I had stayed with my game, rather than changing it to someone else's game,’ he says 'poignantly' .
However, now that I come to answer the questions I have asked of myself since that time, the 'poignance' of the reality of today is overwhelming.
She writes 'poignantly' but incisively about the warring imperatives of hugging them ever closer to her and nudging them towards an independence they might need if she died.
This is most 'poignantly' evident in matters of faith.
And it's difficult to say, really, why her case seizes our attention and sense of 'poignance' in ways that keep it before our attention.
And while part of the point and 'poignance' of the dialogues is their dramatic structure, that doesn't actually make the dialogues successful as plays.
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