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adjective
- 1. having a sharply strong taste or smell: "the pungent smell of frying onions" Similar Opposite
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PUNGENT definition: 1. smelling or tasting very strong and sharp: 2. spoken or written in a way that has a strong…. Learn more.
Use pungent to describe a taste or smell that gives a sharp sensation. "What is that pungent odor?" is a polite way of suggesting that someone in the room has BO. The ultimate source of the word pungent is Latin pungere, "to prick, sting." Ginger and mustard seed are examples of pungent spices.
The meaning of PUNGENT is sharply painful. How to use pungent in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Pungent.
If you describe what someone has said or written as pungent, you approve of it because it has a direct and powerful effect and often criticizes something very cleverly. [formal, approval] He enjoyed the play's shrewd and pungent social analysis. Synonyms: cutting, pointed, biting, acute More Synonyms of pungent.
sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid. Synonyms: sharp, piquant, peppery, hot. Antonyms: bland, mild. acutely distressing to the feelings or mind; poignant. caustic, biting, or sharply expressive: pungent remarks.
1. sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid. 2. caustic or sharply expressive: pungent remarks.
PUNGENT meaning: 1. smelling or tasting very strong and sharp: 2. spoken or written in a way that has a strong…. Learn more.
Definition of pungent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Affecting the sense organs, esp. those of smell or taste, with a sharp, penetrating sensation; acrid, irritant; intensely flavoured, piquant. 1644. Greate quantity of fire being mingled with the subtiler partes of his baked earth maketh them very pungent, and acrimonious in tast. K. Digby, Two Treatises i. xv. 135.
pungent (of a taste or smell) very strong, like the taste or smell of garlic or mustard: the pungent taste of onions sharp (of a taste or smell) strong and biting; (of food or drink) having a sharp taste: He prefers a very sharp cheddar cheese.
