- 1. v. t. Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice. Source: opted
- 2. v. t. Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging. Source: opted
- 3. v. t. Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp. Source: opted
- 4. adj. strong and sharp Source: wordnet
- 5. adj. capable of wounding Source: wordnet
- 6. 1. Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice. Pungent radish biting infant's tongue. Shenstone. The pungent grains of titillating dust. Pope. 2. Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging. With pungent pains on every side. Swift. His pungent pen played its part in rousing the nation. J. R. Green. 3. (Bot.) Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp. Syn. -- Acrid; piercing; sharp; penetrating; acute; keen; acrimonious; biting; stinging. Source: webster
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