Thesaurus: piquant

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1. a. Stimulating to the taste; giving zest; tart; sharp; pungent; as, a piquant anecdote.
2. adj. having an agreeably pungent taste
3. adj. engagingly stimulating or provocative
4. adj. attracting or delighting
5. Stimulating to the taste; giving zest; tart; sharp; pungent; as, a piquant anecdote. "As piquant to the tongue as salt." Addison. "Piquant railleries." Gov. of Tongue.
6. Stimulating to the taste; giving zest; tart; sharp; pungent;as, a piquant anecdote. "As piquant to the tongue as salt." Addison."Piquant railleries." Gov. of Tongue.
7. j:100 s. having an agreeably pungent taste s. engagingly stimulating or provocative