Synonyms

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3. (usu. of language) figurative, symbolic, imagerial; flowery, overwrought, euphuistic; sensuous; concise, compact, compressed. poetry, n. verse, versification, Archaic, poesy; rhythmical composition, metrical composition; light verse, free verse. pogrom, n. massacre, carnage, wholesale or general slaughter, mass slaying, mass murder, mass killing, mass execution, mass homicide, noyade; bloodbath, bloodshed, effusion or fusillade of blood. Rare, in-ternecion. Rare, trucidation; slaughter, slaying, butchery, homicide, murder, killing, execution; genocide, organized murder, extermination, obliteration, eradication, elimination, annihilation, extinction, liquidation, blotting or wiping out, Euph., Hist. Final Solution; holocaust, decimation, devastation, total destruction, laying waste, wasting; purge, purification, depuration, scouring, poignancy, n. 1. pathos, evocativeness, emotivity, emotiveness, emotion, emotionalism; sensitivity, tenderness, feeling, affectionateness, sentiment; intentness, earnestness, sincerity; keenness, intensity, acuteness, profoundness, deepness, extremeness.
2. patheticalness, pitiableness, piteousness, pitifulness; plaintiveness, wistfulness, forlornness, woefulness, woebegoneness.
3. pungency, piquancy, piquantness, tartness, sharpness; flavorfulness, tastiness, spiciness, hotness; bitterness, sourness, acidity, vinegariness, harshness; acerbity, mordancy, trenchancy, astringency. poignant, adj. 1. sorrowful, doleful, mournful, grievous, tearful, woeful, woebegone, wretched, miserable, Archaic, woesome; heartbreaking, heartrending, crushing, distressing, upsetting; agonizing, tormenting, tortuous, excruciating, unbearable; lamentable, regrettable, deplorable, rueful; tragic, dreadful, disastrous, calamitous, terrible, awful; pathetic, pathetical, pitiable, piteous, pitiful; plaintive, wistful, blue, melancholy, sad.
2. keen, acute, deep, profound, intense, stimulating, interesting, extreme, compelling, intent, earnest, sincere; magnetic, appealing, attractive, tantalizing, provocative; impressive, striking, vivid, telling, effective, breath-taking, electric, galvanic, scintillating.
3. heartfelt, heart-moving, heart-swelling, stirring, soul-stirring, deep felt, Archaic, homefelt; moving, touching, affecting, melting, sensitive, tender, affectionate; emotional, emotive, affective, affectional, dramatic.
4. pungent, piquant, tart, sharp, nippy; tangy, spicy, highly seasoned, peppery, hot. point, n. 1. tip, nib, tapered end, sharp end, extremity; tine, prong, spike, pike; pinnacle, needle, peak, pointed top; Naut. bill, Naut. pea.
2. projection, promontory, head, foreland, headland, bluff, Archaic, ness; spit, tongue, cape, isthmus, peninsula, Chersonese; strip, reach, stretch.
3. mark of punctuation, period.
4. place, area, locality, locale; position, location, C.B. Radio, twenty, site, spot.
5. direction, compass direction, compass point.
6. degree, extent; stage, condition, circumstances, position.
7. point in time, time, second, instant, moment, minute, hour; stage, stage of the game, phase, period.
8. verge, brink, edge.
9. feature, central or main idea, subject, keynote, focus, focal point; essential or important part, substance, meat, essence, quiddity, quintessence, sum and substance; marrow, pith, heart of the matter, crux, nitty-gritty, gist, Inf. nub; core, inner core, heart, center, nucleus, kernel; base, bottom, root.