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[ adjective ] sharp biting or acrid especially in taste or smell

Examples

"tasting the pungent wood sorrel" "pungent curry" "a pungent smell of burning sulfur"

Used in print

(David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)

Behind him billowed a small pungent cloud of smoke .

2
[ adjective ] capable of wounding

Examples

"a barbed compliment" "a biting aphorism" "pungent satire"

Related terms

sarcastic

3
[ adjective ] capable of wounding

Synonyms

biting barbed nipping

Examples

"a barbed compliment" "a biting aphorism" "pungent satire"

Related terms

sarcastic

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