Pungent

Adjective

 * 1) Having a strong odor that stings the nose, said especially of acidic or spicy substances.
 * The lasagne included plenty of pungent garlic.
 * 1) * 1991, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: American Christmas, Dark Horse Books
 * I can almost smell the fir scent… resinous, pungent.
 * 1) Having a sharp and stiff point.
 * The critic gave a pungent review.

Derived terms

 * pungence
 * pungently

Adverbs for Pungent
spicily; pleasantly; arrestingly; refreshingly; strongly; faintly; overpoweringly; richly; attractively; aromatically; sharply; penetratingly ; bitterly; hotly.

Thesaurus
Attic, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acescent, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, afflictive, agonizing, amaroidal, aphoristic, aromatic, asperous, astringent, atrocious, axiomatic, barbed, biting, bitter, bitter as gall, brilliant, caustic, clever, coarse, consuming, crab, crabbed, cramping, crisp, cruel, cutting, deafening, distressing, droll, dry, epigrammatic, escharotic, exciting, excruciating, facetious, flavorful, formulaic, formulistic, funny, gnawing, gnomic, grave, green, griping, hard, harrowing, harsh, hot, humorous, humorsome, hurtful, hurting, incisive, intense, irritating, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joky, joshing, keen, keen-witted, lively, loud, mordant, nimble-witted, nose-piercing, nose-tickling, oppressive, painful, paroxysmal, penetrating, peppery, peppy, pickled, piercing, piquant, pithy, platitudinous, poignant, pointed, proverbial, provocative, quick-witted, racking, racy, rapier-like, reeking, rich, rough, salt, salty, sapid, sarcastic, scathing, scintillating, seasoned, sec, sententious, severe, sharp, shooting, smart, snappy, sour, sour as vinegar, soured, sourish, sparkling, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, spicy, spirited, sprightly, stabbing, stern, stimulating, stinging, strong, strong-scented, strong-smelling, succinct, suffocating, tangy, tart, tartish, tasty, terse, thundering, tormenting, torturous, trenchant, uninteresting, unripe, unsweet, unsweetened, upsetting, vinegarish, vinegary, vitriolic, vivacious, whimsical, witty, zesty

Etymology
From pungens: (stem undefined:), present participle of pungo:.

Translations

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 * Greek:, έντονος, οξύς, αψύς


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 * Greek: δηκτικός, καυστικός