pungent
adjective
Origin of pungent
Synonyms for pungent
Antonyms for pungent
Related Words for pungent
spicy, bitter, poignant, piquant, aromatic, peppery, sour, salty, tangy, sharp, acid, acrid, zesty, barbed, scathing, incisive, trenchant, piercing, caustic, tellingExamples from the Web for pungent
Contemporary Examples of pungent
Regardless, that goes double for a hippy isle full of expats and pungent pot known as Bocas del Toro.
Their free clinic in central Athens is housed in a shabby apartment that smells of feverish bodies and pungent medicine.
On move-in day I opened the front door to a pungent, musky odor of pure mold.
Women who use the pungent coverup make less money than fully topless dancers, but many seem to prefer the alternative.
New hires are also warned not to wear perfume or aftershave that is too pungent.
Historical Examples of pungent
This conduct bespeaks the most pungent and unaffected sorrow.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. IIFrancis Augustus Cox
It burns like oil, is of a pungent scent, and a blackish color.
The insipid odour of the meat, the pungent smell of the tripe exasperated him.
The Fat and the ThinEmile Zola
In all plants which I have found the odor is somewhat strong and the taste is pungent.
The Mushroom, Edible and OtherwiseM. E. Hard
The air was thick with the odor of raw blood and pungent with ozone.
The Martian CabalRoman Frederick Starzl