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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pungent \Pun"gent\, adjective [L. pungens, -entis, p. pr. of pungere, punctum, to prick. Cf. {Compunction}, {Expunge}, {Poignant}, {Point}, noun, {Puncheon}, {Punctilio}, {Punt}, verb (used with an object)]
1. Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice.
Pungent radish biting infant's tongue. --Shenstone.
The pungent grains of titillating dust. --Pope.
2. Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging.
With pungent pains on every side. --Swift.
His pungent pen played its part in rousing the nation. --J. R. Green.
3. (Bot.) Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
Syn: Acrid; piercing; sharp; penetrating; acute; keen; acrimonious; biting; stinging.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjective
1: strong and sharp;"the pungent taste of radishes"; "the acrid smell of burning rubber" [syn: {pungent}, {acrid}]
2: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: {barbed}, {biting}, {nipping}, {pungent}, {mordacious}]
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