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• poignant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. painful, pungent, intense, piercing, sharp, keen, biting. See feeling, pungency. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Sharp] Syn. piquant, bitter, acute; see sarcastic . 2. [Touching] Syn. moving, touching,… …   English dictionary for students

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

• biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …   Universalium

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• moving — adjective 1) moving parts a moving train Syn: in motion, operating, operational, working, going, on the move, active; movable, mobile Ant: fixed, stationary 2) …   Thesaurus of popular words

• moving — moving, impressive, poignant, affecting, touching, pathetic are comparable when they mean having the power to excite or the effect of exciting deep and usually saddening and solemn emotion. Moving, the most general of these words, can be used in… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …   Universalium

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• lachrymose — adj 1. tearful, teary, Inf. weepy; close to tears, ready to cry or break down, with tears in the eyes, on the verge of tears, with brimming or overflowing eyes; melting, giving way, ready to burst into tears, breaking down; weeping, crying,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder