pungent
Meaning of pungent
adjective
- Having a strong odor that stings the nose, said especially of acidic or spicy substances.
I accidentally dropped the bottle of ammonia and after few seconds, a very pungent stench could be detected.
- Having a strong taste that stings the tongue, said especially of hot (spicy) food, which has a strong and sharp or bitter taste.
- Stinging; acerbic.
The critic gave a pungent review.
- Having a sharp and stiff point.
Information about pungent
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CatalanHyphenation of pungent
pun-gent
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- pungent is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
pungent synonyms
Meaning acrid:
Meaning barbed:
barbed, biting, nipping, mordacious
Translation of pungent
- Spanish: cáustico, mordaz, acre, áspero, penetrante, picante
- French: hargneux, âcre
- Italian: caustico, pungente, mordace, forte, acre
Words that rhyme with pungent
Gent, gent, CollagENT, Imagent, agent, coagent, counteragent, interagent, misagent, newsagent, nonagent, reagent, subagent, superagent, underagent, Grandgent, archregent, coregent, interregent, nonregent, omnilegent, omniregent, proregent, regent, subregent, viceregent, Sulligent, cononintelligent, corrigent, diligent, dirigent, eligent, exigent, figent, hyperintelligent, indigent, intelligent, intransigent, negligent, nondiligent, nonexigent, nonintelligent, nonnegligent, overdiligent, overnegligent, perdiligent, preintelligent, prenegligent, superintelligent, supernegligent
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