pungent (redirected from pungencies)

pun·gent  (pnjnt)

adj.

1. Affecting the organs of taste or smell with a sharp acrid sensation.

2.

a. Penetrating, biting, or caustic: pungent satire.

b. To the point; sharp: pungent talks during which the major issues were confronted.

3. Pointed: a pungent leaf.

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[Latin pungns, pungent-, present participle of pungere, to sting; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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pungen·cy n.

pungent·ly adv.

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pungent [ˈpʌndʒənt]

adj

1. (Cookery) having an acrid smell or sharp bitter flavour

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (of wit, satire, etc.) biting; caustic

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Biology ending in a sharp point a pungent leaf

[from Latin pungens piercing, from pungere to prick]

pungency  n

pungently  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	pungent - strong and sharp;"the pungent taste of radishes"; "the acrid smell of burning rubber" acrid tasty - pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel"
	2.	pungent - capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire" barbed, biting, mordacious, nipping sarcastic - expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds

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pungent

adjective

1. strong, hot, spicy, seasoned, sharp, acid, bitter, stinging, sour, tart, aromatic, tangy, acrid, peppery, piquant, industrial-strength (chiefly humorous), highly flavoured, acerb The more herbs you use, the more pungent the sauce will be.
strong weak, moderate, dull, mild, bland, tasteless, unsavoury, unstimulating

2. cutting, pointed, biting, acute, telling, sharp, keen, stinging, piercing, penetrating, poignant, stringent, scathing, acrimonious, barbed, incisive, sarcastic, caustic, vitriolic, trenchant, mordant, mordacious He enjoyed the play's shrewd and pungent social analysis.
cutting dull, inane

Translations

pungent [ˈpʌndʒənt] ADJ [smell, flavour] → acre; [remark, style] → mordaz

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pungent [ˈpʌndʒənt] adj

[smell, flavour] → piquant(e)

(fig) [language, criticism] → caustique

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pungent

adj (lit, fig) → scharf; smell also → stechend, durchdringend; to have a pungent style of writing → eine spitze or scharfe Feder führen

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pungent [ˈpʌndʒənt] adj (smell, taste) → pungente, aspro/a; (smoke) → acre; (sauce) → piccante; (remark, satire) → caustico/a, mordace

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pungent [ˈpʌndʒənt] adj (smell, taste) → pungente, aspro/a; (smoke) → acre; (sauce) → piccante; (remark, satire) → caustico/a, mordace

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pungent

adj pungent [ˈpandʒənt]

(of a taste or smell) sharp and strong. frank حِرّيف، لاذِع остър ostrý, řízný, čpavý skarp scharf αψύς, δυνατός acre; penetrante; picante; mordaz terav, kirbe تند pistävä piquant חֲרִיף तीखा csípős menyengat sterkur, skarpur pungente, acre ぴりっとする (냄새가) 자극적이고 강한 aštrus, stiprus kodīgs; ass; pikants hancing scherp stikkende, sviende ostry, cierpki acre picant острый ostrý oster oštar skarp, besk, frän ฉุน keskin, keskin kokulu 刺激性的(氣味) гострий, пікантний چبھتا ہوا، تيز hăng; cay 刺激性的（气味）

adv pungently

frank بصورةٍ لاذِعَه остро ostře skarpt scharf τσουχτερά penetrantemente; picantemente; mordazmente kirbelt بطور تند و تیز terävästi de façon mordante, piquante חֲרִיף तीक्ष्णता से, तीखकपन से szúrósan, áthatóan, csípősen secara menyengat stingandi, bragðsterkt in modo pungente ぴりっと 신랄하게 aštriai, stipriai kodīgi; asi; pikanti dgn pedas scherp stikkende, skjærende cierpko amargamente înţepător остро ostro ostro oštro skarpt, beskt, fränt อย่างฉุน keskin bir şekilde 刺激地 їдко تيزي سے hăng; cay 刺激地