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pungent

[puhn-juhnt]

adjective

  1. sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid.

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  2. acutely distressing to the feelings or mind; poignant.

  3. caustic, biting, or sharply expressive.

    pungent remarks.

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  4. mentally stimulating or appealing.

    pungent wit.

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  5. Biology.piercing or sharp-pointed.



pungent

/ ˈʌԻəԳ /

adjective

  1. having an acrid smell or sharp bitter flavour

  2. (of wit, satire, etc) biting; caustic

  3. biology ending in a sharp point

    a pungent leaf

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • pungency noun
  • pungently adverb
  • nonpungency noun
  • nonpungent adjective
  • nonpungently adverb
  • ˈܲԲԳٱ adverb
  • ˈܲԲԳ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pungent1

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin pungent-, stem of ܲԲŧԲ “pricking,” present participle of pungere “to prick”; poignant
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pungent1

C16: from Latin pungens piercing, from pungere to prick
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To me, it was earthy and not unpleasant, but it's a dinner bell for flies and beetles, and some related species can smell more pungent.

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“I'd say the more tender ones — the younger ones — are going to be a little sweeter and less pungent than the older garlic scapes,” Beitchman added.

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Apparently the stench of Trump at both ends of this deal — as the regulator in chief and the financier being regulated — was just too pungent.

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One local said some of the fish they caught released the pungent smell of crude oil as they were cooked.

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They contain sulfur compounds that make them pungent when raw, mellow when cooked and addictively complex when layered.

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