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Another word for pungent

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Adjective

  1. Affecting the organs of taste or smell with a strong and often harsh sensation

    See also:

    taste

    smells

  2. So sharp as to cause mental pain

    See also:

    respect

    attack

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Another word for pungent

Modifier
  1. See also:

    sour

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Sentence Examples

  • 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.

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

  • 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!

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