- keenly distressing to the feelings: poignant regret.
- keen or strong in mental appeal: a subject of poignant interest.
- affecting or moving the emotions: a poignant scene.
- pungent to the smell: poignant cooking odors.
- sharply distressing or painful to the feelings
- to the point; cutting or piercing
- keen or pertinent in mental appeal
- pungent in smell
