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pungent

pungent - adjective

  1. Affecting the organs of taste or smell with a strong and often harsh sensation: piquant, sharp, spicy, zesty. Archaic poignant. See smells. 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. respect.