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Meaning of 'pungent' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pungent [ v. t.]
- Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice.
- Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging.
- Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.

Meaning of 'pungent' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pungent [ s]
Meaning (1):
- capable of wounding
Example in sentence:
  • a barbed compliment;
  • a biting aphorism;
  • pungent satire
Meaning (2):
- strong and sharp
Example in sentence:
  • the acrid smell of burning rubber;
  • the pungent taste of radishes

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