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causing pity and sadness

affecting, painful

bitter disturbing emotional heartbreaking heartrending moving passionate pathetic sad sentimental touching agitating agonizing distressing impressive intense perturbing piteous pitiful sorrowful upsetting
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1) the state or quality of being poignant (poignancy)

POIGNANT as in Wiktionary
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