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  • 71excitement — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) State of being excited Nouns 1. excitement, excitation; stimulation, piquancy, provocation, arousal, incitement; animation, agitation, perturbation; intoxication, high pressure; exhilaration, passion,… …

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  • 72poignant — 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,… …

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  • 73touching — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. moving (see feeling). II (Roget s IV) modif. & prep. 1. [Referring to] Syn. regarding, in regard to, in reference to, in re, reaching, as concerns, concerning; see also about 2 . 2. [Affecting] Syn …

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  • 74emotional — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Stirring one s emotions] Syn. moving, touching, impassioned, heartfelt; see moving 2 , passionate 2 . 2. [Given to emotion] Syn. sentimental, sensitive, warm, gushing, hysterical, demonstrative, fiery, zealous, fervent,… …

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  • 75affecting — adjective an affecting piece of music Syn: touching, moving, emotive, emotional; stirring, soul stirring, heartwarming; poignant, pathetic, pitiful, piteous, tear jerking, heart rending, gut wrenching, heartbreaking, disturbing, distressing,… …

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  • 76electric — adj 1. galvanic, Elect. voltaic, Elect. fa radaic, Physics. charged; electrified, electric powered, battery powered, cordless. 2. stimulating, galvanizing, electrifying, jolting, jarring; thrilling, exciting, breathtaking; stirring, moving,… …

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  • 77glamorous — adj 1. charming, attractive, alluring, inviting, enticing, tempting, tantalizing, irresistible; captivating, provocative, intriguing, fascinating, entrancing, beguiling, intoxicating, bewitching, enrapturing; interesting, appealing, piquant;… …

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  • 78moving — I hunk, gob, slice; sliver, fragment, shred, scrap, crumb, grain, granule; spot, drop, dab, jot, bit. II adj 1. in motion, running, going, operating, active; mobile, motor, motive, Biol. motile. 75 62. impulsive, propelling, driving, thrusting;… …

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  • 79poignant — adj 1. sorrowful, doleful, mournful, grievous, tearful, woeful, woebegone, wretched, miserable, Archaic. woesome; heartbreaking, heartrending, crushing, distressing, upsetting; agonizing, tormenting, tortuous, excruciating, unbearable; lamentable …

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  • 80profound — adj 1. wise, sage, sagacious, scholarly, intellectual; learned, erudite, educated, informed, well read, well versed, well posted; knowledgeable, knowing, gnostic; comprehensive, encyclopedic, omniscient, all knowing; philosophical, thoughtful,… …

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