pungent

a. காரமான, உறைப்பான, மணவகையில் மூக்கைத் துளைக்கிற, கேலி வகையில் குத்தலான, கண்டன வகையில் கடுமையான, உணர்ச்சியைத் தூண்டுகிற, எரிச்சலுட்டுகிற, (இய., தாவ.) கூரியமுனையுடைய.

Synonyms

pricking piercing acrid mordant biting stinging stimulating keen trenchant caustic piquant sarcastic

Antonyms

soothing mellow luscious unctuous

Pun"gent, a. Etym: [L. pungens, -entis, p. pr. of pungere, punctum, to prick. Cf. Compunction, Expunge, Poignant, Point, n., Puncheon, Punctilio, Punt, v. t.] 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.) Defn: Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp. Syn. -- Acrid; piercing; sharp; penetrating; acute; keen; acrimonious; biting; stinging.

pungent - Similar Words

pungently unguent unget ungentle pungency pungence plangent urgent untent unsent