Poignant tone Synonyms

Definitions for Poignant


  • (adjective) having the power to affect the feelings or sympathies
  • (adjective) sharp and pleasantly stimulating to the mind or senses
  • (adjective) keenly distressing to the mind or feelings

Definitions for Tone


  • (noun) a distinctive way of putting ideas into words
  • (noun) a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished
  • (noun) the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people , or a thing different from others