The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ACUTE , but the solution may also be TEARFUL which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in Wall Street Journal).
Poignant crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ACUTE | 43 % | 5 |
| TEARFUL | 14 % | 7 |
| MOVING | 7 % | 6 |
| KEEN | 7 % | 4 |
| TRAGIC | 7 % | 6 |
| TOUCHING | 7 % | 8 |
| STIRRING | 7 % | 8 |
| DEEPFELT | 7 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Poignant
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- moving
- painful
- affecting
- touching
- sharp
- striking
- glaring
- thrilling
- exciting
- laborious
- agonizing
- harrowing
Crossword Answer definitions
ACUTE noun- A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia.
- An accent or tone higher than others.
- An acute accent (ยด).
- To give an acute sound to.
- To make acute; to sharpen, to whet.
- Brief, quick, short.
- High or shrill.
- Intense, sensitive, sharp.
- Urgent.
- With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).
- Of an angle: less than 90 degrees.
- Of a triangle: having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.
- Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.
- Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.
- Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.
- After a letter of the alphabet: having an acute accent.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ACUTE
- Like some accents
- Penetrating
- Perceptive
- Very distressing
- Keenly perceptive
- Kind of angle
- Intense
- Quick-sighted
- Sharp
- Like pain after getting poked
More clues leading to the result TEARFUL
- With the waterworks turned on
- Noticeably sad
- Blue
- Sad
- Like some goodbyes
- Lachrymose.
- Lachrymose
- Visibly sad
- More than sad
- Poignant
More clues leading to the result MOVING
- Kind of van
- Poignant
- Emotional
- With 58-Down, vehicle for people on the go? ... or a hint to five strategically placed answers in this puzzle
- Between places
- Pulling up stakes
More clues leading to the result KEEN
- Intellectually sharp
- Loud wail
- Sharp
- Peachy-__
- Sharp as a tack
- Sharp-edged
- Splendid, slangily
- Discerning
- Highly developed
- Peachy ___
More clues leading to the result TRAGIC
- Disastrous
- Dreadful
- Very sad
- Like a Sophocles play
- Terribly sad
- Like certain flaws
- Like Hamlet
- Like "Macbeth"
- Ill-fated
- Like "Romeo and Juliet"
More clues leading to the result TOUCHING
More clues leading to the result STIRRING
- Moving around
- Inspiring.
- Exciting.
- Thrilling.
- Boxing area in a prison?
- Beginning to awake
- Like some renditions
- Poignant