Having a noticeably sharp pungent taste or smell

• sour

  1. Having a taste characteristic of that produced by acids; sharp, tart, or tangy.
  2. Made acid or rancid by fermentation.
  3. Having the characteristics of fermentation or rancidity; tasting or smelling of decay.

  • Go to "sour" definitions

  1. Having a taste characteristic of that produced by acids; sharp, tart, or tangy.
  2. Made acid or rancid by fermentation.
  3. Having the characteristics of fermentation or rancidity; tasting or smelling of decay.

  • Go to "sour" definitions
• harsh

  1. Disagreeable to the sense of hearing:
  2. Disagreeable to the sense of sight:
  3. Unpleasantly coarse and rough to the touch:

  • Go to "harsh" definitions

  1. Disagreeable to the sense of hearing:
  2. Disagreeable to the sense of sight:
  3. Unpleasantly coarse and rough to the touch:

  • Go to "harsh" definitions
• acrid

  1. Unpleasantly sharp, pungent, or bitter to the taste or smell.
  2. Caustic in language or tone:

  • Go to "acrid" definitions

  1. Unpleasantly sharp, pungent, or bitter to the taste or smell.
  2. Caustic in language or tone:

  • Go to "acrid" definitions
• acerbic

  1. Sour or bitter tasting; acid.
  2. Sharp or biting, as in character or expression:

  • Go to "acerbic" definitions

  1. Sour or bitter tasting; acid.
  2. Sharp or biting, as in character or expression:

  • Go to "acerbic" definitions

Causing sharp, often prolonged discomfort

• severe

  1. Unsparing, harsh, or strict, as in treatment of others:
  2. Marked by or requiring strict adherence to rigorous standards or high principles:
  3. Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance:

  • Go to "severe" definitions

  1. Unsparing, harsh, or strict, as in treatment of others:
  2. Marked by or requiring strict adherence to rigorous standards or high principles:
  3. Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance:

  • Go to "severe" definitions
• rough

  1. Having a surface marked by irregularities, protuberances, or ridges; not smooth:
  2. Coarse or shaggy to the touch:
  3. Difficult to travel over or through:

  • Go to "rough" definitions

  1. Having a surface marked by irregularities, protuberances, or ridges; not smooth:
  2. Coarse or shaggy to the touch:
  3. Difficult to travel over or through:

  • Go to "rough" definitions
• harsh

  1. Disagreeable to the sense of hearing:
  2. Disagreeable to the sense of sight:
  3. Unpleasantly coarse and rough to the touch:

  • Go to "harsh" definitions

  1. Disagreeable to the sense of hearing:
  2. Disagreeable to the sense of sight:
  3. Unpleasantly coarse and rough to the touch:

  • Go to "harsh" definitions
• hard

  1. Resistant to pressure; not readily penetrated; firm or solid:
  2. Well protected from an attack, as by aerial bombardment:
  3. Requiring great effort or endurance:

  • Go to "hard" definitions

  1. Resistant to pressure; not readily penetrated; firm or solid:
  2. Well protected from an attack, as by aerial bombardment:
  3. Requiring great effort or endurance:

  • Go to "hard" definitions
• brutal

  1. Extremely ruthless or cruel.
  2. Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech.
  3. Harsh; unrelenting:

  • Go to "brutal" definitions

  1. Extremely ruthless or cruel.
  2. Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech.
  3. Harsh; unrelenting:

  • Go to "brutal" definitions

Difficult to accept

• unpalatable

  1. Not pleasing to the taste:
  2. Not pleasant or agreeable:

  • Go to "unpalatable" definitions

  1. Not pleasing to the taste:
  2. Not pleasant or agreeable:

  • Go to "unpalatable" definitions
• painful

  1. Full of or giving pain:
  2. Causing mental anguish or suffering:
  3. Distressing or embarrassing:

  • Go to "painful" definitions

  1. Full of or giving pain:
  2. Causing mental anguish or suffering:
  3. Distressing or embarrassing:

  • Go to "painful" definitions
• indigestible

  1. Difficult or impossible to digest:

  • Go to "indigestible" definitions

  1. Difficult or impossible to digest:

  • Go to "indigestible" definitions
• distasteful

  1. Unpleasant; disagreeable:
  2. Objectionable; offensive:
  3. Expressing aversion or dislike:

  • Go to "distasteful" definitions

  1. Unpleasant; disagreeable:
  2. Objectionable; offensive:
  3. Expressing aversion or dislike:

  • Go to "distasteful" definitions

Bitingly hostile

• virulent

  1. Characterized by, causing, or promoting the rapid onset of severe illness. Used of a disease or toxin.
  2. Capable of causing disease by aggressively interfering with the immune system of the host. Used of a pathogen.
  3. Extremely hostile or malicious:

  • Go to "virulent" definitions

  1. Characterized by, causing, or promoting the rapid onset of severe illness. Used of a disease or toxin.
  2. Capable of causing disease by aggressively interfering with the immune system of the host. Used of a pathogen.
  3. Extremely hostile or malicious:

  • Go to "virulent" definitions
• resentful

  1. Full of, characterized by, or inclined to feel indignant ill will.

  • Go to "resentful" definitions

  1. Full of, characterized by, or inclined to feel indignant ill will.

  • Go to "resentful" definitions
• rancorous

  1. Full of rancor; bitter; unforgiving.

  • Go to "rancorous" definitions

  1. Full of rancor; bitter; unforgiving.

  • Go to "rancorous" definitions
• hard

  1. Resistant to pressure; not readily penetrated; firm or solid:
  2. Well protected from an attack, as by aerial bombardment:
  3. Requiring great effort or endurance:

  • Go to "hard" definitions

  1. Resistant to pressure; not readily penetrated; firm or solid:
  2. Well protected from an attack, as by aerial bombardment:
  3. Requiring great effort or endurance:

  • Go to "hard" definitions
• embittered

  1. Simple past tense and past participle of embitter.

  • Go to "embittered" definitions

  1. Simple past tense and past participle of embitter.

  • Go to "embittered" definitions
• acrimonious

  1. Bitter and sharp in language or tone; rancorous:

  • Go to "acrimonious" definitions

  1. Bitter and sharp in language or tone; rancorous:

  • Go to "acrimonious" definitions

Acrid

• sharp

  1. Having a thin edge or a fine point suitable for or capable of cutting or piercing.
  2. Having clear form and detail:
  3. Terminating in an edge or a point:

  • Go to "sharp" definitions

  1. Having a thin edge or a fine point suitable for or capable of cutting or piercing.
  2. Having clear form and detail:
  3. Terminating in an edge or a point:

  • Go to "sharp" definitions
• tart

  1. Having a sharp pungent taste; sour.
  2. Sharp or bitter in tone or meaning; cutting.

  • Go to "tart" definitions

  1. Having a sharp pungent taste; sour.
  2. Sharp or bitter in tone or meaning; cutting.

  • Go to "tart" definitions
• acid

  1. Any of a class of substances whose aqueous solutions are characterized by a sour taste, the ability to turn blue litmus red, and the ability to react with bases and certain metals to form salts.
  2. A substance that yields hydrogen ions when dissolved in water.
  3. A substance that can act as a proton donor.

  • Go to "acid" definitions

  1. Any of a class of substances whose aqueous solutions are characterized by a sour taste, the ability to turn blue litmus red, and the ability to react with bases and certain metals to form salts.
  2. A substance that yields hydrogen ions when dissolved in water.
  3. A substance that can act as a proton donor.

  • Go to "acid" definitions
• astringent

  1. Tending to draw together or constrict tissues; styptic.
  2. Sharp and penetrating; pungent or severe:
  3. A substance or preparation, such as alum, that draws together or constricts body tissues and is effective in stopping the flow of blood or other secretions.

  • Go to "astringent" definitions

  1. Tending to draw together or constrict tissues; styptic.
  2. Sharp and penetrating; pungent or severe:
  3. A substance or preparation, such as alum, that draws together or constricts body tissues and is effective in stopping the flow of blood or other secretions.

  • Go to "astringent" definitions

Intense

• severe

  1. Unsparing, harsh, or strict, as in treatment of others:
  2. Marked by or requiring strict adherence to rigorous standards or high principles:
  3. Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance:

  • Go to "severe" definitions

  1. Unsparing, harsh, or strict, as in treatment of others:
  2. Marked by or requiring strict adherence to rigorous standards or high principles:
  3. Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance:

  • Go to "severe" definitions
• harsh

  1. Disagreeable to the sense of hearing:
  2. Disagreeable to the sense of sight:
  3. Unpleasantly coarse and rough to the touch:

  • Go to "harsh" definitions

  1. Disagreeable to the sense of hearing:
  2. Disagreeable to the sense of sight:
  3. Unpleasantly coarse and rough to the touch:

  • Go to "harsh" definitions
• sharp

  1. Having a thin edge or a fine point suitable for or capable of cutting or piercing.
  2. Having clear form and detail:
  3. Terminating in an edge or a point:

  • Go to "sharp" definitions

  1. Having a thin edge or a fine point suitable for or capable of cutting or piercing.
  2. Having clear form and detail:
  3. Terminating in an edge or a point:

  • Go to "sharp" definitions

Sarcastic

• biting

  1. Causing a stinging sensation; nipping:
  2. Injuring or capable of injuring the feelings; caustic:
  3. Of or relating to insects and certain other animals that wound the skin with a sting, mouthparts, or fangs.

  • Go to "biting" definitions

  1. Causing a stinging sensation; nipping:
  2. Injuring or capable of injuring the feelings; caustic:
  3. Of or relating to insects and certain other animals that wound the skin with a sting, mouthparts, or fangs.

  • Go to "biting" definitions
• caustic

  1. Capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action.
  2. Sarcastic or cutting; biting:
  3. Given to making caustic remarks:

  • Go to "caustic" definitions

  1. Capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action.
  2. Sarcastic or cutting; biting:
  3. Given to making caustic remarks:

  • Go to "caustic" definitions
• acrimonious

  1. Bitter and sharp in language or tone; rancorous:

  • Go to "acrimonious" definitions

  1. Bitter and sharp in language or tone; rancorous:

  • Go to "acrimonious" definitions

Painful

• galling

  1. Causing extreme irritation or chagrin; vexing:

  • Go to "galling" definitions

  1. Causing extreme irritation or chagrin; vexing:

  • Go to "galling" definitions
• stinging

  1. Having the capacity to sting.
  2. Present participle of sting.

  • Go to "stinging" definitions

  1. Having the capacity to sting.
  2. Present participle of sting.

  • Go to "stinging" definitions
• hurtful

  1. Causing pain or suffering, especially of a psychological nature.
  2. Damaging or harmful:

  • Go to "hurtful" definitions

  1. Causing pain or suffering, especially of a psychological nature.
  2. Damaging or harmful:

  • Go to "hurtful" definitions
• grievous

  1. Causing grief, pain, or anguish:
  2. Serious or dire; grave:

  • Go to "grievous" definitions

  1. Causing grief, pain, or anguish:
  2. Serious or dire; grave:

  • Go to "grievous" definitions

Embittered

• rancorous

  1. Full of rancor; bitter; unforgiving.

  • Go to "rancorous" definitions

  1. Full of rancor; bitter; unforgiving.

  • Go to "rancorous" definitions
• hostile

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy:
  2. Feeling or showing enmity or ill will:
  3. Being in opposition; opposed:

  • Go to "hostile" definitions

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy:
  2. Feeling or showing enmity or ill will:
  3. Being in opposition; opposed:

  • Go to "hostile" definitions
• cynical

  1. Believing or showing the belief that people are motivated chiefly by base or selfish concerns; skeptical of the motives of others:
  2. Selfishly or callously calculating:
  3. Negative or pessimistic, as from world-weariness:

  • Go to "cynical" definitions

  1. Believing or showing the belief that people are motivated chiefly by base or selfish concerns; skeptical of the motives of others:
  2. Selfishly or callously calculating:
  3. Negative or pessimistic, as from world-weariness:

  • Go to "cynical" definitions
• resentful

  1. Full of, characterized by, or inclined to feel indignant ill will.

  • Go to "resentful" definitions

  1. Full of, characterized by, or inclined to feel indignant ill will.

  • Go to "resentful" definitions