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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pungency \Pun"gen*cy\, noun The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness; sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia. ''The pungency of menaces.'' --Hammond.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pungency
noun
1: wit having a sharp and caustic quality; "he commented with typical pungency"; "the bite of satire" [syn: {bite}]
2: a strong odor or taste property; "the pungency of mustard"; "the sulfurous bite of garlic"; "the sharpness of strange spices" [syn: {bite}, {sharpness}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "pungency": acerbity, acescency, acidity, acidulousness, acridity, acridness, astringence, astringency, bitter pill, bitterness, brilliance, causticity, cleverness, dash, dryness, facetiousness, funniness, gall, gall and wormwood, greenness, headiness, humorousness, hyperacidity, jocoseness, jocularity, joking, joshing, keen-wittedness, keenness, liveliness, nimble-wittedness, odorousness, pep, piquancy, pleasantry, poignancy, quick-wittedness, raciness, saltiness, sharpness, smartness, smelliness, sour, sourishness, sourness, sparkle, spirit, subacidity, tartishness, tartness, unripeness, unsweetness, verjuice, verve, vinegariness, vinegarishness, vivacity, vividness, wittiness
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