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Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent.

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  1. a. Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent.
  2. a. Fig.: Pointed; keen; satirical.
  3. adj. arousing affect
  4. adj. keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
  5. 1. Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent. "His poignant spear." Spenser. "Poynaunt sauce." Chaucer. 2. Fig.: Pointed; keen; satirical. His wit . . . became more lively and poignant. Sir W. Scott.
  6. j:100 s. keenly distressing to the mind or feelings