pungent

pungent is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 15 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice.
2. transitive verb. Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging.
3. transitive verb. Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
4. adjective. capable of wounding

   "a barbed compliment"

   "a biting aphorism"

   Synonyms: barbed, biting, mordacious, nipping

5. adjective. strong and sharp

   "the pungent taste of radishes"

   "the acrid smell of burning rubber"

   Synonyms: acrid

Synonyms

barbed, biting, mordacious, nipping, acrid

Common word forms

pungently

Words from these letters

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