adj.

1. Affecting the organs of taste or smell with a sharp acrid sensation.
2. 1. Penetrating, biting, or caustic: pungent satire.
   2. To the point; sharp: pungent talks during which the major issues were confronted.
3. Pointed: a pungent leaf.

[Latin pungēns, pungent-, present participle of pungere, to sting.]

pungency pun'gen·cy n.
pungently pun'gent·ly adv.

adjective

1. Affecting the organs of taste or smell with a strong and often harsh sensation: piquant, sharp, spicy, zesty. Archaic poignant. See smells/good smells/bad smells/smell, taste/bad taste.
2. So sharp as to cause mental pain: acerbic, acid, acidic, acrid, astringent, biting, caustic, corrosive, cutting, mordacious, mordant, scathing, sharp, slashing, stinging, trenchant, truculent, vitriolic. See attack/defend, respect/contempt/standing.

adj

Definition: highly flavored
Antonyms: blah, bland, dull, flavorless, mild, tasteless

adj

Definition: sharp, stinging in speech
Antonyms: dull, mild

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IN BRIEF: Sharp or harsh quality to the sense of taste or smell. Also: Exciting to the mind.

If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. — Robert Southey (1774-1843)

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - skarp, heftig, bidende

Nederlands (Dutch)
scherp, stimulerend, stekelig

Français (French)
adj. - relevé, fort, âcre, mordant, virulent

Deutsch (German)
adj. - scharf, stechend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - δριμύς, σουβλερός, έντονος, αψύς, οξύς, καυστικός, δηκτικός, πιπεράτος

Italiano (Italian)
piccante, acre, mordace

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - pungente, apimentado

Русский (Russian)
острый, едкий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - acre, picante, mordaz, punzante

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - frän, skarp, amper, svidande, vass

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
苦痛的, 严厉的, 刺激性的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 苦痛的, 嚴厲的, 刺激性的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 매운, 자극성의(맛 따위)

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 舌や鼻を刺激する, 鋭い, 尖った, 刺激する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) لاذع, حاد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חריף, חד, פיקח, עוקץ‬

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