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UK
/pˈʌndʒənt/
]
[ US /ˈpəndʒənt/ ]
[ US /ˈpəndʒənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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strong and sharp
the acrid smell of burning rubber
the pungent taste of radishes -
capable of wounding
a biting aphorism
a barbed compliment
pungent satire
How To Use pungent In A Sentence
- I looked up and saw that the trees I was standing under were eucalypts, which had released their oily, pungent aroma into the wet air.
- It appeared to be opaque glass, but it exuded the pungent fetor of magick. Sparks
- It will go much darker and become less pungent in both taste and aroma. The Sun
- His pungent rejoinders made short work of the Government's high-flown theories.
- Dried manure ground into fine powder by hooves and wagon wheels puffed up into the air and its pungent smell filled the town and drifted far outside the town.
- It is notoriously pungent, extremely powerful and a favourite at Chinese banquets. Times, Sunday Times
- It sounds an odd pairing but used sparingly, the earthy, pungent and aromatic flavour of sage adds rich warmth to simply cooked white fish. Times, Sunday Times
- It has quite a kick, emphasised by a pungent aroma that brings tears to the eyes and a hanky to the nose.
- Stepping out of the wooden portals, your nostrils are assailed by the pungent smell of leaf-wrapped dosai.
- She could smell the pungent blossoms of the town's caragana hedges, for sure. The Doctor's Daughter