Word Finder - pungent

definition

Having a strong odor that stings the nose, said especially of acidic or spicy substances.

example

I accidentally dropped the bottle of ammonia and after few seconds, a very pungent stench could be detected.

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Having a strong taste that stings the tongue, said especially of hot (spicy) food, which has a strong and sharp or bitter taste.

definition

Stinging; acerbic.

example

The critic gave a pungent review.

definition

Having a sharp and stiff point.

He put a tray of garlic bread into the oven and the pungent smell of warming cheese filled the room.

It is a colourless gas, possessing an unpleasant pungent smell.

Her thoughts were interrupted by a pungent odor.

It possesses an extremely pungent smell, and its vapour is extremely irritating to the eyes.

The odor was strong, almost pungent, like... that was it, clay!

The taste of the liquid is at first sweet, and then pungent and acrid.

The improved dressing processes have to a large extent removed the naturally pungent scent.

The leaves, which have a pungent aromatic odour, are said to yield a yellow dye.

The odour of cubebs is agreeable and aromatic; the taste, pungent, acrid, slightly bitter and persistent.

It is a colourless gas, possessing a faint pungent smell and a slightly acid taste.

The female heads are spinose with long pungent bracts, fall entire when ripe and are carried away by wind or sea, becoming finally anchored in the sand and falling to pieces.

It is a colourless liquid, with a very pungent smell, and attacks the mucous membrane very rapidly.

Great fluency and ease of diction, considerable warmth of imagination and moral sentiment, and a sharp eye to discover any oddity of style or violation of the accepted canons of good taste, made his criticisms pungent and effective.

The odour, however, even after dressing is rather pungent of musk, which is generally an objection.

The pungent smelling salts snapped her out of the in-between place.

It is a colourless pungent gas which is exceedingly soluble in water.

Bluff good-nature, a certain jocoseness, a humour pungent and ready, though somewhat coarse, a hot or even violent disposition, are characteristics of Mahratta chieftains.

Their colour is usually some tone of yellow with dashes of red, brown and green, and they frequently emit a pungent odour.

It is detected by heating with ordinary alcohol and sulphuric acid, which gives rise to acetic ester or ethyl acetate, recognized by its" fragrant odour; or by heating with arsenious oxide, which forms the pungent and poisonous cacodyl oxide.

Avoid eating pungent foods like garlic or onions before French kissing.

The flowers are strongly scented and smell most pungent at night time.

Exiled from Naples in consequence of the movement of 1848, he took refuge in Tuscany, whence he was compelled to flee to Turin on account of a pungent article against the Bourbons.

The flowers are large and white, and are succeeded by very large globose fruits like oranges, but paler in colour, and with a more pungent flavour.

In the United States of America and Canada, in some portions of Europe and of Asia, and along the north of Africa, there is a free use made of green or unfermented teas with pale, pungent infusions.

Thymol has a strong odour of thyme and a pungent taste, and is freely soluble in alcohol, ether, chloroform or olive oil, but almost insoluble in cold water.

The common notions of the devil as black, ill-favoured, malicious, destructive and the like, have occasioned the application of the term to certain animals (the Tasmanian devil, the devil-fish, the coot), to mechanical contrivances (for tearing up cloth or separating wool), to pungent, highly seasoned dishes, broiled or fried.

In the wind are pungent odors from the marshes by the road.

There are no other side effects apart from a slightly pungent taste.

The smell of a familiar fruit becomes pungent in my nostrils.

Some are very mild in flavor, while others are peppery or pungent.

Entrees include seared sea scallops as well as hot and pungent shrimp in coconut milk.

They grow in closely packed rows on a tall, thick stalk, and have a pungent, slightly bitter flavor.

Gazan butcher Mohammed Hadad opens the door to a walk-in fridge, releasing a pungent smell of rotting meat into his shop.

Stir in a dash of oregano and, if you like yours pungent, one minced clove garlic.

Nutmeg powder (organic) nutmeg powder (organic) Nutmeg is an underused spice with a distinctive pungent fragrance and.. .

This pungent odor would normally serve to deter potentially, predators.

Be warned, however, it does make a rather pungent smell in your kitchen.

More often used in spicy Mexican dishes than in British cooking, theyâre too pungent for most people to eat raw.

It smelled of Africa, that pungent spicy smell from the sage bushes.

As a pungent spice and flavoring agent, Ginger also has an important place in the cuisine of countries all around the world.

The familiar smell originates from a pungent volatile oil and sulfur held within the bulb and leaves.

The erect, flowering stems appear from July to late autumn and produce dense whorls of lilac flowers with a strong and pungent smell.

Martin's tracts are characterized by violent and personal invective against the Anglican dignitaries, by the assumption that the writer had numerous and powerful adherents and was able to enforce his demands for reform, and by a plain and homely style combined with pungent wit.

A rather pretty plant, common in woods and in hedgebanks in spring, but with a pungent garlic-like smell, which is characteristic of the genus (see ALLIuM).

As a politician " Labby " was the chartered jester of the House of Commons, but his pungent and somewhat cynical speeches were the expression of highly independent democratic convictions, deeply opposed to all forms of social privilege or Jingo imperialism.

The accompanying red cabbage infused in juniper berries had a very strong pungent flavor.

A roaring log fire burned brightly in the hearth and filled the room with the pungent scent of pine.

Very pungent smell at bottom of first drop, probably due to rotting sheep.

The name Skunk itself points to a USA connection (being so-called because of the pungent odor it emits while growing).

Lying relatively untouched and refreshingly car-free, it leaves hired bicycles as the best way to explore the pungent vanilla plantations and tranquil coves.