poignancy (n.)
- acerbity
- acidity
- acidulousness
- acridity
- acrimony
- asperity
- astringency
- bite
- bitterness
- bleakness
- cheerlessness
- dash
- depression
- discomfort
- distress
- distressfulness
- dreariness
- drive
- edge
- effectiveness
- fierceness
- force
- forcefulness
- grief
- grip
- guts
- harshness
- impressiveness
- incisiveness
- joylessness
- keenness
- lamentation
- liveliness
- mordacity
- mournfulness
- nervousness
- pain
- painfulness
- pathos
- pep
- piquancy
- point
- power
- punch
- pungency
- raciness
- rigor
- roughness
- sadness
- severity
- sharpness
- sinew
- sorrowfulness
- sourness
- sparkle
- spirit
- sting
- strength
- stridency
- stringency
- tartness
- teeth
- trenchancy
- vehemence
- verve
- vigor
- violence
- virulence
- vitality
- vivacity
- vividness
- woefulness
