The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PATHOS which also is the latest solution we found used in CrossSynergy in 2004.
Poignancy crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PATHOS | 75 % | 6 |
| BITTERNESS | 25 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Poignancy
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- poignance
- pathos
- poignant
- wistfulness
- profundity
- poeticism
- wryness
- subtlety
- mournfulness
- piquancy
- somberness
- irony
Crossword Answer definitions
PATHOS noun- The quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality.
- A writer or speaker's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals involving the use of strong emotions such as pity.
- An author's attempt to evoke a feeling of pity or sympathetic sorrow for a character.
- In theology and existentialist ethics following Kierkegaard and Heidegger, a deep and abiding commitment of the heart, as in the notion of "finding your passion" as an important aspect of a fully lived, engaged life.
- Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result PATHOS
- Emotional appeal
- Sympathetic pity
- Power to evoke pity
- Compassion
- Feeling of pity
- Pity
- Poignancy
- Commiseration
- Feeling of compassion
- Purple prose quality