meaning of pungent
1. Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice.
2. Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging.
3. Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
4. sharp biting or acrid especially in taste or smell; "tasting the pungent wood sorrel"; "pungent curry"; "a pungent smell of burning
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