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pungent
[puhn-juhnt]
adjective
sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid.
Synonyms: , , ,Antonyms: ,acutely distressing to the feelings or mind; poignant.
caustic, biting, or sharply expressive.
pungent remarks.
Synonyms: , , , ,Antonyms:mentally stimulating or appealing.
pungent wit.
Synonyms: ,Antonyms:Biology.piercing or sharp-pointed.
pungent
/ ˈʌԻəԳ /
adjective
having an acrid smell or sharp bitter flavour
(of wit, satire, etc) biting; caustic
biology ending in a sharp point
a pungent leaf
Other 51Թ Forms
- pungency noun
- pungently adverb
- nonpungency noun
- nonpungent adjective
- nonpungently adverb
- ˈܲԲԳٱ adverb
- ˈܲԲԳ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pungent1
Example Sentences
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.
“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.
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.
One local said some of the fish they caught released the pungent smell of crude oil as they were cooked.
They contain sulfur compounds that make them pungent when raw, mellow when cooked and addictively complex when layered.
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