Pungent
['pʌn(d)ʒ(ə)nt] or ['pʌndʒənt]
Definition
(adj.) strong and sharp;'the pungent taste of radishes'; 'the acrid smell of burning rubber' .
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Definition
(v. t.) Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice.
(v. t.) Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging.
(v. t.) Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Stinging, stimulating, pricking, sharp, biting, burning, hot, peppery, piercing, penetrating, piquant, acrid, caustic.[2]. Acute, keen, acrimonious, severe, distressing, poignant.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Pricking, piercing, acrid, mordant, biting, stinging, stimulating, keen,trenchant, caustic, piquant, sarcastic
ANT:Soothing, mellow, luscious, unctuous
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Definition
adj. sharp: pricking or acrid to taste or smell: keenly touching the mind: painful: keen: sarcastic.—ns. Pun′gency Pun′gence.—adv. Pun′gently.
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Examples
- The sensation was like being touched in the marrow with some pungent and searching acid, it set my very teeth on edge. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- With what pungent vivacities--what an impetus of mutiny--what a fougue of injustice! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- A dark little man he certainly was; pungent and austere. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- They quarrelled at a public meeting, and afterwards exchanged some pungent letters in the newspapers. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Round the house he hurried, led by a pungent smell of burned sugar, and Mr. Scott strolled after him, with a queer look on his face. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She was pungent, and had taste, and spirit, and flavour in her. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I like few things sweet but what are likewise pungent--few things bright but what are likewise hot. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I shall be sorry to miss his pungent speech. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The door closed once more, and the pungent reek of a strong cigar was borne to our nostrils. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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