pungent
18
4.8
- adjective
- /ˈpʌn.dʒənt/
:
penetrante
- The pungent smell of garlic filled the kitchen as she cooked dinner.
- pungent odor
- pungent smell
- pungent smoke
Like that strong pungent public pool smell.
- Like that strong pungent public pool smell.
- It's like this pungent but but sort of perfumey smell.
- So what actually makes a pepper spicy or pungent is capsaicin.
- And so having spices and all those pungent things, sour foods, all in moderation.
- And he says, for example, horseradish is, is Ocarus, which he thought of as as pungent and hot at the same time.
- That's how pungent opening a pouch of chewing tobacco is or a can of dip.
- Even the first space tourists exclaimed about a pungent aroma quote like burnt cookies once the Hatch opened.
- So the synergy of the bitter, pungent, warming roots and spices combined with that fermentation or aging.
- I mean, if, if something is pungent or it's eliciting something that is a like a warning, it triggers a warning in your nose.
- One of the most fascinating things about that story is all of the people in the hospital reporting the pungent smell of sulfur.
- What I'm getting is pungent, pungent bad.
- They are very pungent, very fragrant.
- Like, because that I I think that's so pungent.
Examples
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What I'm getting is pungent, pungent bad.
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The field has a pungent botanical smell and leaves a sticky film on my hands and clothes.
Academic text (2007) -
Tell me, what was that rather pungent taste?
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the exhausted bear is drawn by the pungent smells of the colony
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The wind blew chill out of the south, carrying the pungent scent of smoke from the fire behind her.
Fiction book (1990) -
The heat, mixed with the pungent sweet smell of curing tobacco, rushed over my face.
Fiction book (1993) -
They are filling the air with their pungent aroma right now.
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The temperature in the subway station was tropical, the humid air heavy with pungent odors.
Fiction book (1995) -
So cat urine is pungent in part because cats are obligate carnivores, which means they consume a lot of protein.
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I don't know where to get honey like that anymore, thick and dark and pungent, tasting of wildflowers and the countryside.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
118
1.0
Giving off a strong, unpleasant stink
81
1.0
Having a sharp, unpleasant taste that is not sweet
60
1.0
Having a very bad smell
24
3.0
Having a very bad smell or taste
22
6.8
Not pleasant to taste or smell
8
6.7
A strong, unpleasant sharp taste or smell
7
4.1
A very strong stink that makes you want to move away
5
3.9
Having a strong spicy taste or smell like black pepper
1
8.5
Having a strong smell that is often unpleasant
1
9.3
Giving off a strong, often unpleasant smell you notice quickly
1
4.8
Having an unpleasant taste or smell
1
6.5
Something that smells or tastes bad
1
3.5
Gives off a strong smell that you notice quickly
1
3.8
Having a bad smell that people do not like
1
4.4
That has a strong, unpleasant odor
1
5.5
Not pleasant to taste, smell, or touch
Having a very powerful taste that you notice right away, like cheese or coffee
Having a very strong smell that you notice easily
Having a strong, unpleasant smell
Having a very strong unpleasant smell or taste
Having a very strong, unpleasant smell like rotten food
Antonyms
Compounds
How Pungent
18
4.6
∞
1.0
18
4.8
65
3.2
107
1.0
148
2.7
- US
11
3.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
pungent = pung + ent
Formed from a non-productive Latinate stem 'pung-' plus the adjective-forming suffix '-ent'; the stem is not a standalone English word, so learners cannot transparently derive the meaning from known English components.
Etymology
Pungent comes from the Latin pungere, which means 'to prick' or 'to sting'. Think of a smell or taste that pricks your nose or tongue, like wasabi, and you will remember why pungent means a very strong, sharp smell or taste.