pungent

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pungent Definition

• (a) sharp biting or acrid especially in taste or smell; "tasting the pungent wood sorrel"; "pungent curry"; "a pungent smell of burning sulfur"
• (s) capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"

pungent Synonyms

• barbed
• biting
• mordacious
• nipping
• pungent