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Found 3 hits - Term: pungent, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pungent \pun"gent\, a. l. pungens, -entis, p. pr. of pungere,
   punctum, to prick. cf. compunction, expunge, poignant,
   point, n., puncheon, punctilio, punt, v. t.
   1. causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or
      feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice.
      1913 webster

            pungent radish biting infant's tongue. --shenstone.
      1913 webster

            the pungent grains of titillating dust. --pope.
      1913 webster

   2. sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic;
      stinging.
      1913 webster

            with pungent pains on every side.     --swift.
      1913 webster

            his pungent pen played its part in rousing the
            nation.                               --j. r. green.
      1913 webster

   3. bot. prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
      1913 webster

   syn: acrid; piercing; sharp; penetrating; acute; keen;
        acrimonious; biting; stinging.
        1913 webster
see also:
compunction expunge poignant point puncheon punctilio 
punt 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
pungent
     adj 1: sharp biting or acrid especially in taste or smell; "tasting
            the pungent wood sorrel"; "pungent curry"; "a pungent
            smell of burning sulfur" ant: bland
     2: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting
        aphorism"; "pungent satire" syn: barbed, biting, nipping,
         mordacious
see also:
bland barbed biting nipping mordacious 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
153 moby thesaurus words for "pungent":
   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





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Definition of pungent - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
...pungent. One entry found for pungent.. Main Entry: pun·gent ... a pungent critic> <pungent language> b : being sharp and to the point ... ..
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Pungent
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Dictionary.com/pungent
...... "tasting the pungent wood sorrel"; "pungent curry"; "a pungent smell ... pungent satire.. *To the point; sharp: pungent talks during which the ... ..
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Pungent Stench Lyrics
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