poignant

adjective6

1. •
   Evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress; emotionally moving.

   • Flipping through his high school yearbook evoked many a poignant memory of yesteryear.
2. •
   Neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant.

   • A poignant reply will garner more credence than hours of blown smoke.
3. •
   (figurative) Incisive; penetrating; piercing.

   • His comments were poignant and witty.
4. •
   (figurative) Piquant, pungent.
5. •
   (UK, old-fashioned) Inducing sharp physical pain.
6. •
   (no longer used) Sharp-pointed; keen.

   • His siluer shield, now idle maisterlesse; / His poynant speare, that many made to bleed [...]. — 1590