| Main Entry: | poignancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intensity |
Synonyms: |
concentration, passion, piquancy, sharpness |
| Main Entry: | poignancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | emotion |
Synonyms: |
feeling, pathos, sadness, sentimentality, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | pathos |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deep sadness |
Synonyms: |
desolation, emotion, feeling, passion, pitiableness, pitifulness, plaintiveness, poignance, poignancy, sentiment |
| Notes: | bathos is an abrupt, unintended transition in style from the exalted to the commonplace while pathos is a quality that arouses feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow |
Antonyms: |
cheer, glee, happiness, joy |
| Main Entry: | sadness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unhappiness, depression |
Synonyms: |
anguish, blahs, bleakness, blue devils, blue funk, broken heart, bummer, cheerlessness, dejection, despondency, disconsolateness, dismals, dispiritedness, distress, dolefulness, dolor, downcastness, downer, dysphoria, forlornness, funk, gloominess, grief, grieving, heartache, heartbreak, heavy heart, hopelessness, letdown, listlessness, melancholy, misery, moodiness, mopes, mournfulness, mourning, poignancy, sorrow, sorrowfulness, the blues, the dumps, tribulation, woe |
Antonyms: |
cheer, gladness, happiness, joy |